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News: Journalists fall for false meme: why?

News: Journalists fall for false meme: why?

The long time thesis of this blog is that social media is a frictionless platform for the spread of propaganda. In the “good old days”, propaganda required owning a printing press or broadcast license. Today, anyone can become a propagandist by posting an appropriate meme on social media and watch it shared thousands or millions of times. Journalists frequently use their personal accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (but especially Twitter) to share items of interest to themselves. Due to…

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Propagandists find new way to reach Facebook users

Propagandists find new way to reach Facebook users

Propagandists find new way to reach Facebook users: Through an unknown mechanism, these junk sites are managing to get their content posted on verified celebrity Facebook pages and spread to millions of users who find themselves inundated with spam, fake news, ads, and tracking software. Which then results in: Facebook users who “liked’ the pages of celebrities with large followings are inundated with spam and fake news Which is another illustration of how social media is a friction-less platform for…

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