In a new piece, I expanded on this thread and explained the last few years of conspiracy theories and harassment against disinformation researchers that led to the moment when JD Vance falsely claimed that "Kamala Harris is engaged in censorship at an industrial scale." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
MAGA Republicans are lying about the federal response to Hurricane Helene in the same way they lied about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio. Both disinformation efforts are flat-out lies, and both are designed to demonize immigrants. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-...
MAGA Republicans are now lying about the federal response to Hurricane Helene in much the same way they lied about Haitian migrants bringing chaos and disease to Springfield, Ohio.
This is who The Hill sources opinion pieces from. The Hill is a #MAGA#BoycottTheHill#RussianDisinformation#Russia#DouglasMacKinnon#TheHill#TheHillIsShit
MAGA Republicans are now lying about the federal response to Hurricane Helene in much the same way they lied about Haitian migrants bringing chaos and disease to Springfield, Ohio. Both disinformation efforts...are designed to demonize immigrants... open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
MAGA Republicans are now lying about the federal response to Hurricane Helene in much the same way they lied about Haitian migrants bringing chaos and disease to Springfield, Ohio.
I'm going to go out on a limb here & make a prediction that the majority of the republicans will vote against it, then tell their constituents Biden did nothing to help them. And with their own disinformation media, they'll get away with it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Agency tasked to help business owners and homeowners after disaster needs immediate $1.6bn in funding
Thread on how disinformation is impacting the hurricane rescue and relief effort. We need a robust effort to combat lies and misinformation. How about also calling out the Trump campaign for their unconscionable role in this. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18422...
The calendar is a great example of pro-Hamas disinformation. The guy explaining the calendar's significance didn't himself read Arabic and so he misspoke the information he'd been given to put out. The days were marked with X'es not signatures. An extremely minor mistake. But it became A Thing.
The Biden administrationās Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this week (2022) that it has launched what is being dubbed a Disinformation Governance Board to control information. thehill.com/opinion/whit...
The Biden administration says it simply wants to battle misinformation. The best way to start might be to purchase a large mirror.
While MAGA tries to speed lies and disinformation about the hurricane response, remember sharpiegate? Project 2025 would privatize NOAA and turn career govt employees (the experts who stay on) into political appointees. It's not a joke, people can and will get hurt
Anyone purposefully creating disinformation around natural disasters where peopleās lives are on the line deserves to be dropped into the middle of the Atlantic chained to a side of beef. www.forbes.com/sites/larsda...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, AI generative deepfake images of destruction and human suffering flooded social media, and this hurts real people now and in the future.