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We expect to see cases of an incident in one place used to support false claims of fraud in another place.
“There isn’t a good origin story for the virus, and so this information vacuum is allowing misinformation to circulate.”
“Conspiracies are flourishing with virtually no response from credible Spanish-language media outlets.”
“Even when companies are handed misinformation on a silver platter, they fail to act.”
Christian outlets work in tandem with religious leaders, retweeting and sharing one another’s content to maintain a media ecosystem editorially independent from the secular press.
When people saw that a questionable piece of content had been liked and shared lots of times, they were more likely to share it themselves
“While a single disinformation campaign may have a specific objective — for instance, changing public opinion about a political candidate or policy — pervasive disinformation works at a more profound level to undermine democratic societies.”
“It is not common for a parliamentary inquiry to have to rebut the dodgy scientific claims it receives in the form of public submissions.”