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DMmaargentino.comOct 10, 2024 12:40pm

Over the next years, if we do not find ways to improve our societies trust in science and experts, we will see an increase in the violent harrassment and targeting of climate scientist, and meteorologists due to the politicization of the topic. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

It's their job to warn residents about destructive storms — but political polarization has made them targets online.

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New from me: On TikTok, people convinced by misinformation in the wake of Hurricane Helene are calling for violence against FEMA personnel www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tikto...

On TikTok, misinformation about Hurricane Helene has spurred calls for violence against FEMA personnel

The amazing @abbierichards.bsky.social is doing parallel analysis for TikTok and sent me this: “I just got a *sponsored* video calling for FEMA agents to be ‘arrested or shot or hung’. Violent threats are getting millions of cumulative views.” This situation is getting very dangerous, very fast.

JKjkingy.bsky.socialOct 8, 2024 11:56am

⚠️ Hurricane Helene content boosts antisemitic hate, climate disinfo and conspiracies ⚠️ We found 33 posts with claims debunked by the US government had generated more than 160m views on X. 30% of those contained overt antisemitic hate. 🧵 @isdglobal.bsky.social www.isdglobal.org/digital_disp...

Hurricane Helene brews up storm of online falsehoods and threats

This Dispatch examines how Hurricane Helene mis- and disinformation spread online, with antisemitic hate and election conspiracies promoted by politicians and extremists.

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Hitler speeches that appear to be AI-generated are getting millions of views on TikTok

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All The Ways Trump Is Connected To Project 2025

YouTube video by Media Matters

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New from me: Hitler speeches that appear to be AI-generated are getting millions of views on TikTok. Humans really got AI and said “Let’s create English-language Hitler speeches and set them to some reverb beats.” www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/hitle...

Hitler speeches that appear to be AI-generated are getting millions of views on TikTok

Trump supporters will complain about the moderators, but they have been giving Trump every opportunity to speak and plenty of extra time. He is the one screwing it up. No-one else to blame.

New from me: Content creators claim they’re making thousands of dollars through TikTok’s Creativity Program by pumping out AI-generated conspiracy theories. www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/tikto...

TikTok has an AI conspiracy theory problem

Content creators claim users can make “thousands” off of AI-generated conspiracy theory content through TikTok’s Creativity Program