misinformation

mathematical modelling has been used to show that #misinformation spreads across the internet like a virus spreading through a population.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2024/11/26/misinformation-really-does-spread-like-a-virus-suggest-mathematical-models-drawn-from-epidemiology/

I no longer feel comfortable boosting posts from pure meme accounts unless they’re exceptionally well known or have authenticated themselves somehow, e.g. with a two-way link to the memer’s personal account.

In this day and age it’s just too easy fully automate this type of account as a bad actor with the intention of posting misinformation somewhere down the line, once the account looks legit enough.

#meme #misinformation #bot #safety

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#Moderation #Misinformation #Facts #Media #SocialMedia #OpenSocialWeb #Flipboard

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#USPolitics #Trump #TrumpAdministration #Flipboard #USNews #Misinformation #Disinformation #Facts

[thread] post-truthism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth

* "alternative facts"

"Science is more than body of knowledge; it's a way of thinking.
I have a foreboding of an America ...
when people lost ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority ...
unable to distinguish between what feels good & what's true, we slide ...
back into superstition & darkness"
-- Carl Sagan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth#Contemporary_evaluation

#SocialMedia #DigitalMedia #disinformation #misinformation #PostTruthism #memes

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