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Will Oremus
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Writing about tech and its discontents for the Washington Post. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky. Sign up to follow my work: www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-will-oremus/
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Plenty of alarming details and examples in this thread by @jkingy.bsky.social@isdglobal.bsky.socialbsky.app/profile/jkin...
⚠️ 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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Will Oremus
@oremus.bsky.social
Writing about tech and its discontents for the Washington Post. Shitposting about Bluesky on Bluesky. Sign up to follow my work: www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/follow-will-oremus/
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