Germany goes to the polls today with a very real far right threat and facing the biggest stress test of foreign interference in a democracy yet. Far right disinformation and influence operations have been coming at them from all angles- Russia, TikTok, Twitter, Musk, even the U.S. vice […] - ThreadSky

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ProjectFearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy • 8 days ago

Germany goes to the polls today with a very real far right threat and facing the biggest stress test of foreign interference in a democracy yet.

Far right disinformation and influence operations have been coming at them from all angles- Russia, TikTok, Twitter, Musk, even the U.S. vice […]

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ProjectFearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

An analysis of political bias on algorithmic recommendations on social media in Germany shows a huge far right bias. In percentages-

78% on Tik Tok.
64% on Twitter.
59% on Meta.

This is in a country where support for the far right is at about 20%.

#NoAfD […]

quantensalat.astrodon.social.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

@ProjectFearlessness As far as random political ads on websites go, I only ever get AfD.

ProjectFearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy•8 days ago

@quantensalat
That's what a lot of people find. This study is only looking at content rather than advertising on social media, so it would be interesting to look at that too. How the platforms decide which ads to place to which people seems to be something of a trade secret.

ProjectFearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

"The interference in the German elections by Elon Musk and Trump's Washington was no less radical and outrageous than that of Moscow."

Friedrich Merz,
Germany's new chancellor.

#GermanElections

ProjectFearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

Still not a single word from Elon Musk about the German elections. Maybe it's the fact that the AfD who have been polling around 20% for a year, came in on around 20% in spite of all his efforts to manipulate the results.

He's not as influential as he thinks.

#GermanElections
#NoAfD

buddhaclauser.bsky.social•7 days ago

And they aren’t as dumb as he thinks and as much of America is. I mean- we have seriously dumbed down our people. There’s a reason the fascist want to get rid of the Dept of Edu. They want you dumb!

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