Misinformation 2020:
What Does The Data Tells Us About Election-Related Falsehoods?
http://defenseone.com/threats/2020/11/misinformation-2020-what-data-tells-us-about-election-related-falsehoods/169820/
Me @defenseone on the election’s most-spread false themes (with added insights into swing states and FL) and the dangerous ones going viral right now
What Does The Data Tells Us About Election-Related Falsehoods?
http://defenseone.com/threats/2020/11/misinformation-2020-what-data-tells-us-about-election-related-falsehoods/169820/
Me @defenseone on the election’s most-spread false themes (with added insights into swing states and FL) and the dangerous ones going viral right now
The top pre-election misinfo themes:
-Hunter Biden
-voter fraud
-Antifa
-QAnon
-Hunter Biden
-voter fraud
-Antifa
-QAnon
The top states for misinformation by the numbers: PA, MI, FL
But interesting data point that Hunter Biden narrative had TWICE the traction per capita in Florida than PA
But interesting data point that Hunter Biden narrative had TWICE the traction per capita in Florida than PA
Key lessons:
-Platform companies doing better, but scale is still immense, uneven policies
-"The Killer is inside the House!" Domestic disinfo matters more than Foreign (vs 2016)
-We are in Info Bubbles, which are too easy to manipulate (key to a surging claim of stolen vote)
-Platform companies doing better, but scale is still immense, uneven policies
-"The Killer is inside the House!" Domestic disinfo matters more than Foreign (vs 2016)
-We are in Info Bubbles, which are too easy to manipulate (key to a surging claim of stolen vote)
Key worry: organized disinfo crossed with push towards physical protests+narratives of “any means necessary” (veiled calls to violence), a message pivot starting to accelerate on social media. It could spark scary things in the short term, is damaging to our democracy longterm.
What to do:
-platforms need to become more coordinated, do better at enforcing own policies, especially towards "superspreaders"
-better monitoring of these trends to watch for danger points
-media needs to stop enabling misinfo, follow best practices
-longterm: digital literacy
-platforms need to become more coordinated, do better at enforcing own policies, especially towards "superspreaders"
-better monitoring of these trends to watch for danger points
-media needs to stop enabling misinfo, follow best practices
-longterm: digital literacy
Why so important:
Major threat to our democracy, but also all the tools and tactics targeting voters will target vaccines...
Major threat to our democracy, but also all the tools and tactics targeting voters will target vaccines...