Rush Limbaugh once said, “Roger Ailes is not on the air. Roger Ailes does not ever show up on camera. And yet everybody who does is a reflection of him.”
ugly #AmericanHistory
the proliferation of #Disinformation
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@bulliessuck2024.bsky.socialRush Limbaugh once said, “Roger Ailes is not on the air. Roger Ailes does not ever show up on camera. And yet everybody who does is a reflection of him.”
ugly #AmericanHistory
the proliferation of #Disinformation
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@bulliessuck2024.bsky.social"...operation cleverly camouflaging political propaganda as independent journalism.”SOURCE: 'How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory,' by Tim Dickinson for Rolling Stone, May 25, 2011.
ugly #AmericanHistory
the proliferation of #Disinformation
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@sleepy62.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gyPretty much on brand for the #Carney government.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gac-disinformation-united-states-lithuania-9.7187116
@willb84.bsky.socialNothing to see here 👀 #disinformation
@resist47.newsThe Trump administration successfully pressured the EU, Canada, and Lithuania to withdraw their sponsorship of a major European disinformation conference.
resist47.news keeps you informed.
#resist47 #Disinfo2026 #TrumpAdministration #EuropeanUnion #Disinformation
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@ausetkmt.bsky.social📚💙🌎 #Banned-Book-Week #bookdrop #booksky #READ
This should be on every read list today - #Active-Measures The Secret History of #Disinformation and #Political-Warfare outlines the history of lies, masquerading as news. it's an issue society is facing with ai news
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgWhat’s the harm? Fact checking reveals the true scale of AI fakery.
AI-generated false content is no longer a fringe curiosity in the information ecosystem. It’s a fast-growing share of everything fact checkers investigate.
In a new study F…
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If credible information is going to compete for attention online, do we need to pay much more attention to the language communities already use to make sense of their world?
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The authors are careful not to claim that tailored language changes minds but the study raises an important question.
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Misinformation does not circulate only because of what it says; it can also succeed because of how it creates familiarity, trust & a sense of shared concern.
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In some cases, the difference was substantial: education adverts using familiar language were clicked around five times more often than neutrally worded versions, even though both linked to the same reliable information.
@perkinskeighley.bsky.socialNew research by JooYoung Lee, Emily Booth and Marian-Andrei Rizoiuoiu tested whether factual information becomes more engaging when it is framed in language familiar to the communities it is trying to reach.
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@rchady.bsky.socialThe spy runner is a Russia-backed network called #PortalKombat that operates hundreds of websites to spread #disinformation. The powerful figures it’s seeking to influence? AI-driven large language models such as #ChatGPT, #Grok and #Gemini.
@behorizon.orgThank you to everyone who stopped by the stand, took our materials and shared their own classroom experience with us. Those exchanges go straight back into the project.
Discover the project and its open resources: immune2infodemic.eu
@killbaitphi.bsky.socialAI-generated fake Duterte persona highlights growing disinformation risks
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅
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@canadianreturnee.substack.comFinland Teaches Kids to Spot Lies. Canada Should Too
Finland has trained kids to fight disinformation since 2013. What Canada could learn before it's too late. #MediaLiteracy #Canada #Disinformation
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Finland has trained kids to fight disinformation since 2013. What Canada could learn before it's too late. #MediaLiteracy #Canada #Disinformation