#misinformation campaign

[alwaysbewoke]

#lmao #lol #tiktok #national security #chinese spy #byteDance #espionage #data privacy #cybersecurity #congressional hearings #china-us relations #social media #misinformation #manipulation #intelligence agencies #hypothetical threat #chinese government #user data privacy #tiktok ownership #foreign influence #online surveillance #misinformation campaign

[eovin-hime]

#ukraine #russia is a terrorist state #media manipulation #media matters #misinformation #russia must burn #war in ukraine #stand with ukraine #misinformation campaign

[nocakesformissedith]

the audacity to claim that Amber Heard supporters are “threatening and wishing rape and death on people who defend Depp” when anyone can see its Depp Stans who harass people en mass (including his daughter!!) and it’s Depp supporters who literally mocked and fetishized audio of Amber talking about her rape.

#you’re all fucking deranged #if any heard supporter did that then they’re disgusting #but Jesus Christ we ALL KNOW whose Stans do this constantly and by the thousands #whose Stans leave thousands of negative reviews when an expert states FACTS in support of heard?? #rape cw #anti johnny depp #misinformation campaign #depp’s darvo

[streetlightsthatguideyouhome]

Or maybe the idea from my earlier post isn’t such a conspiracy theory after all…

https://web.archive.org/web/20080304130509/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062990a,1,6085874,full.story?coll=la-news-comment

#adhd #scientology #adhd medication #adhd myths #adhd and Scientology #scientology and adhd #adhd misinformation #misinformation campaign #misinformation #disabilities #neurodiversity #disability activism #disability advocacy #disability rights #mental health #Wikipedia #ADHD controversies #la times #update #update to previous post

[kosher-salt]

I resent the narrative of "it is unfair when bad things are done or said to Jews living outside of Israel, because they didn't even do anything" because it has an implication of "as opposed to Jews inside of Israel, who are inherently guilty and deserve it."

If you are saying the same things about us as antisemites trying to cover their own asses ("nooo I love Jews. Good Jews.") then you may want to reevaluate how you speak about us.

#and this goes for other Jews speaking about us #we may understand each other but those posts are visible to everyone and you may want to be aware of how your words can be interpreted #esp during a misinformation campaign being carried out across social media #its not a fair responsibility but its a responsibility nonetheless #jumblr #jewish #israel

[hijinxinprogress]

YJ is not allowed on social media

Most capes have like an official hero social bc people just leave comments like ‘captain colds out again no class?? 👀’ instead of flagging down a hero or getting the police to get the nearest hero so most crimes are discovered through viral videos

And yj decides that they need to be on social media so they make ig and tiktok accounts which somehow led to them running a smear campaign against Lex while he was running for president

it’s mostly videos of Cassie in a superman onesie flying around pretending to save damsel in distress!Kon while Bart in an ill fitting bald cap is sitting behind a desk clearly made of cardboard as he mutters about how he’ll show everyone the truth and petting a picture of a cat with drawn on angry eyebrows then the video cuts to Bart way too close to the camera saying ‘A vote for Lex Luthor is a vote against happiness’ then the video ends with Cassie in the same superman onesie with a lightning bolt taped to the front of it claiming ‘this message was endorsed by captain marvel’ [a week later captain marvel makes a posts responding to the video in a captain marvel onesie reaffirming Cassie’s claim]

#imagine ‘Hello how can I help you?’ ‘I’m being mugged can you call flash??’ ‘I can have the nearest patrol offic-‘ *dial tone* #yjs plan doesn’t work bc everyone thinks they’re joking #and captain marvel has to suffer through remedial media training with batman #Even worse Lex wins the election #Despite Lex and Kon slandering each other on social media his entire campaign #young justice #young just us #yj98 #greta hayes #dc secret #bart allen #dc impulse #kon el superboy #superboy #cissie king jones #dc arrowette #cassie sandsmark #gnc!cassie sandsmark #wondergirl #anita fite #dc empress #tim drake #dc red robin #billy batson #dc captain marvel #lex luthor #i just imagine the jl reporting all of yjs videos or having it flagged for misinformation

[tamamita]

Hey, mass report this Zionist.

#the picture is a of a charred up baby which has been used in their misinformation campaign

[blueskittlesart]

matt is now threatening to shut the site down because he got his feelings hurt

#'mob misinformation and harassment drives away good creators' oh you mean like the transphobic hate campaigns youve done nothing about? #personal #jesus h CHRISTTTTTTT #he also has a pinned post about how hes totally not a transphobe. have tech bros ever interacted with another human being in their lives

[originalleftist]

Over half of anti-Heard tweets were bots or paid trolls, many linked to Saudi government bots.

"According to an investigation by Tortoise Media, which examined more than one million tweets, more than 50 per cent of anti-Heard messages in the run-up to the 2022 defamation case were "inauthentic' - either from automated "bot" accounts or people hired to attack the actress."

"Bradley Hope, author of a book on Bin Salman, told the podcast that the pro-Depp tweets emanating from Saudi Arabia appear to be produced by "flies", a name for Saudi bot accounts."

"An intelligence professional who tracks online disinformation campaigns, said there was only a "0.1 per cent chance" that the hate directed at Heard was from genuine Depp fans.

The investigation also claims that bot networks in Thailand and Spain tweeted large numbers of pro-Depp messages."

"...more than 100 Twitter accounts sent 1,000 identical messages at exactly the same time to any company that had worked with Heard, reading: "This brand supports domestic violence against men."'

"The makers of the podcast argue that the criticism of Heard could have affected the jury in the 2022 US defamation trial which found in favour of Depp."

"So, if you couldn't tell the difference between a real-life Johnny Depp fan and a bot in 2022, then you probably won't be able to tell a Russian troll from a US election official in 2024. And that represents a serious problem for the security of our democracies."-Alexi Mostrous, presenter of the podcast.

"Johnny Depp and the Saudi Embassy did not respond to Tortoise's request for comment."

#Amber Heard #Depp v Heard #Johnny Depp #Johnny Depp Is A Wife-Beater #Johnny Depp Is A Rapist #Tortoise Media #Who Trolled Amber? #Mohammed bin Salman #Prince Bone Saw #Propaganda #Misinformation #Bots #Foreign Influence Campaign #Indict Johnny Depp #Indict Adam Waldman #Disbar Adam Waldman #Johnny Depp Is A Saudi Asset #Probably A Russian One Too #I Stand With Amber Heard

[anthroxlove]

What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was vindicated. But what if Amber was actually the victim of an organised trolling campaign? What if the online hate against her was manufactured? Alexi Mostrous, the reporter who brought you Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, investigates what happened to Amber and who might have been responsible. It’s a story about how our own thoughts and opinions can be moulded without us even realising.

#amber heard #i stand with amber heard #justice for amber heard #depp vs heard #anti johnny depp #depp v heard #trolling #misinformation #disinformation #digital age #hate campaign #podcast #conspiracy theories #conspiracies #believe survivors #johnny depp is a wife beater

[hollisofficial]

look at this jean cosplayer i found! its crazy how many demographics DE reaches :D more pics under cut!

(link to their page)

#jean vicquemare #disco elysium #this post is either going to be hilalrious or an insane flop. i feel like i shoukd appologise anyway. #do. do i need to tag this as #misinformation tw #i shal anyway. #no but like. what the fuck ? #my misinformation campaign. i feel like people r gunna hate me for this post but idc i flop anyways. #m.

[alwaysbewoke]

we're making fake ai images of trump with black people to make him seem less racist? that's what it's come to?

#trump #ai images #ai lies #maga #political manipulation #image manipulation #artificial intelligence #misinformation #propaganda tactics #racial politics #voter manipulation #election strategy #social media influence #disinformation campaigns

[coulsonlives]

It is 2024, I am begging y'all to stop immediately clicking reblog on emotional, provoking, fearmongering posts without fact-checking them first.

#that trafficking hoax post is going around again and omg. #just because it sounds horrible and shocking doesn't mean it's even real! #pls. #no but really the gov of canada literally started an online campaign about this very thing i should post some of the screenies i took.. #misinformation #psa #social media #critical thinking

[lookninjas]

You know, it's interesting to me that I saw an article as I was scrolling through my dash this morning that (supposedly) blames the U.S. for being deeply involved in a genocide in Sudan. You might think from such a description that we'd be talking about U.S. military aid or boots on the ground or the CIA or something like that, and not just the Trump administration tanking our diplomatic efforts and Biden's administration not making the best decisions to right the ship. You might also think that such an article would not include a section like this:

David Satterfield, who replaced Feltman as US special envoy to the Horn of Africa and who has since resigned, said that Washington did not have anything but bad choices in Sudan, and therefore had to strike deals with the Sudanese military. According to Satterfield, “If there is ever an opportunity to return to a path towards restoration of a civilian-led government, you’re going to have to talk to the military then as well.

You also might not think that such an article would outright reference Russian involvement in Sudan, which it does.

Russia believes that its strong presence in Sudan will augment its status in Africa and the Middle East, which is considered an American redoubt. Since 2014, and with Moscow’s aspirations to exploit African mineral riches, the Kremlin has strengthened its ties to Sudan in order to ameliorate western sanctions following its invasion of Crimea, sanctions that became even harsher after its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.16 In 2017, former Sudanese President al-Bashir visited Russia and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two countries agreed to establish a holding company run by the paramilitary Wagner Group to mine gold ore. Russia also signed a 25-year lease in December 2020 to build a military base at Port Sudan on the Red Sea that can receive nuclear-powered ships. It was also interesting that Hemedti headed an official delegation to Moscow on the eve of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

And while we're talking about Russian involvement in Sudan, which is why I'm here in the first place, it's really really really interesting to me that this article was phrased as proof that the U.S. was heavily involved in genocide in Sudan, despite the fact that the Russian Wagner group (accused of war crimes in Ukraine) has been providing missiles and military training to the Sudanese paramilitary group RSF while smuggling gold out of Sudan to fund their own activities in Ukraine. Fun fact about the Wagner group: They're also heavily involved in social media misinformation campaigns.

Wasn't there a Russian misinformation campaign on tumblr leading up to the Presidential elections in 2016?

And despite the "mysterious" death of Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash (a short time after his aborted march on Moscow), Russia is still working on bringing the Wagner organization back under their control. Because, you know, they still have that whole invasion of Ukraine they're working on. An invasion of Ukraine that would sure be a whole lot easier for them if they could convince Americans to stop providing military support to Ukraine. They're already doing pretty nicely with the Republican party, but the Democrats (and the American left in general) have been harder to get on-side.

It does kind of feel like tying American military involvement in other countries to active genocide would be a great way to discourage people on the American left from supporting continued involvement in Ukraine, wouldn't it?

We're slightly less than a year away from the next American presidential election. There is no reason to believe that the Russian propaganda machine, which has already been operating at full blast since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, is going to slow down. This quote from the linked article is particularly chilling:

A particular challenge is that people tend to spread falsehoods “farther, faster, deeper, and more broadly than the truth”; this is particularly the case for false political news (Vosoughi, Roy and and Aral, 2018[7]). For example, one study found that tweets containing false information were 70% more likely to be retweeted than accurate tweets (Brown, 2020[8]). Another study found that false information on Facebook attracts six times more engagement than factual posts (Edelson, 2021[9]). In addition, feedback loops between the platforms and traditional media can serve to further amplify disinformation, magnifying the risk that disinformation can be used to deliberately influence public conversations, as well as confuse and discourage the public.

I think it's important to remember, especially now, that we are capable of spreading misinformation. The article about U.S. involvement in Sudan wasn't placed on there by an algorithm. This is fucking tumblr. That was one of my mutuals. Because they're concerned about American military intervention and they're against genocide and it sounded bad and they were upset and they didn't think to read the article. Because they didn't spend the time of Prigozhin's march on Moscow mainlining information on the Wagner group the way that I did, so they didn't go "Hey, Sudan? Wait a minute --" the way I did. Because misinformation that isn't targeted at your group is designed to be easy to spot, so you'll think that the misinformation that is targeted to your group will also be easy to spot, and it fucking isn't.

Because this culture of "If you care, you'll share" has gotten people to click that reblog button without thinking twice about it.

Don't keep falling for it. You don't have to spend an hour digging up sources and pulling out quotes for a ten-note post the way that I did. I'm like this as a human. It's fine if you're not. But if you're not even going to click the link to read the article and actually read it critically (or if there's no sources at all except a twitter screenshot, which I've also seen quite a bit of), then don't reblog it. Save it as a draft for when you have time to do the research, or just don't do anything with it at all. You're not obligated.

And if you have the relevant background to spot the disinfo, I mean -- again, look, you're not obligated to take that hour and search those sources. Even I don't do this all the time. It's hard, it's frustrating, and it will not spread the way the disinfo does. I'm gonna see that genocide post like five times at least on my dash, and I'm probably going to see it at least once from someone who has at least liked this post (if not reblogged it as well). But if you can. If you have the energy and the time. Try to put a little info out there. It might help someone.

That's all. Be good. Be skeptical.

#disinformation #misinformation #russia #wagner group #sudan #ukraine #like i don't have mad love for the us military industrial complex either #but that doesn't mean i'm going to blindly support russian misinfo campaigns designed at distracting from their own atrocities #we can suck and they can suck we are both capable of sucking #but the us military is under the control of biden and russia's is under the control of putin and they're honestly not comparable right now #like it's not even close #so try not to fall for it #we all fail at that sometimes but try

[essektheylyss]

what people expect when you sign up for an LIS degree: haha quirky book nerds, so fun, I remember toddler storytime at the library are you gonna read to children

what they actually get when you sign up for an LIS degree: smashing Alexa isn't enough anymore I need to learn how to run my own internet and also build a house on a totally closed circuit system.

#this isn't totally fair. you also become even MORE of a curmudgeon about attribution and misinformation than you were before! #anyway everyday I realize i am becoming even more of a nightmare of a person #as if my media degree wasn't bad enough #I did have to think today about how my courses in undergrad went like #digital privacy and surveillance > social networks as used in the arab spring > culture of money > political campaign communications #now here i am doing in depth coursework on metadata and info behavior #DISASTROUS. no one should talk to me. absolutely nightmarish. #megs vs mlis #this is mostly a joke but it is so funny to read about metadata nearly a decade after that digital surveillance/privacy course and. oof. #okay I'm going back to my readings even though the memes are more fun

[fabaceous]

emailsjob is rotting my brain for real cause i keep thinking to myself “ok time to set an out-of-office auto-reply email for my tumblr.” lol anyway consider this my out of office heads up bc im visiting a friend in nyc this weekend. no idea if/when ill be able to watch the new yj episode but you know what i thought would be funny...i should queue up random posts about made-up shit that could happen in the episode just to throw people off. like “wow i cant believe mari was the one to suggest they eat the baby” or “omg did misty seriously just bash walter’s head in and throw him in the lake at lottie’s compound”

#lanie's yj misinformation campaign of 2023