#Disinformation

Catie Lilly

catielila

One reason it’s hard to combat disinformation in Taiwan about the US election is that people here are conscious that foreign outlets often don’t permit their reporters to call Taiwan

Daniel Kreiss

kreissdaniel

Time to re-up our @ecademocracy recommendations for media for covering anti-democratic unrest post-election: https://mediafordemocracy.org/recommendations-for-media-covering-the-2020-u-s-presidential-election/ 1/? "Use clear definition

Elon Green

elongreen

This won’t be a popular take, probably, but: if Biden wins, it will be an achievement. The campaign will have (barely) overcome the most sustained assault on voting rights in

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. THE CATI love a good conspiracy theory. As a thriller writer, a compelling conspiracy is pure gold. I started keeping an eye on conspiracy websites more than a decade

Neil Fawcett

BarristerNF

The far-right spent years campaigning using every dirty trick in the book, including disinformation, lies, and foreign money and subversion to bring about a fanatical, crackpot scheme that has become

LGB Alliance USA

LGBAlliance_USA

The public is largely unaware that the promotion of false beliefs is having a devastating impact on many LGB people, especially women and girls. We will address this disinformation by

Joshua Lowe

josh_lowe

Just had the strangest experience, me and my housemate were putting out the bins. Some lady with a dog comes up to us, telling us to check Facebook. Did you

Marianna Spring

mariannaspring

Vaccine conspiracy theories have been spreading online for months - but news about a possible vaccine has triggered yet more coronavirus disinformation on social media. What are big tech and

Lee Foster

LeeFosterIntel

Today, in between all the election craziness, the DOJ seized more Iranian domains that were used to push disinfo to not just American, but global audiences: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-27-additional-domain-names-used

Declan McDowell-Naylor

Declan_JMN

Quick thread on @jeremycorbyn, News UK TV/GB News and alternative media. Yesterday, Corbyn pledged to campaign against the arrival of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK. Presumably, you can expect this will

Oilers Nerd Alert

OilersNerdAlert

Speaking as an outside observer of the US, my sense of what's happening with the refusal of Trump & co. to acknowledge the (big, undeniable) election loss, is that they

EUG161

161EUG

On August 16th, Kalen D'Almeida was filming protesters in downtown Portland while dressed in black bloc attire. Kalen wore a helmet, goggles, and filmed with a cellphone and a bodycam.

donald trump is a fascist

moshxlyfe

HOW TO NOT PANIC ON ELECTION DAY: A thread.American friends, as you might’ve gathered, tomorrow is election day. This election in particular is unprecedented and we are going to see

Steve Inskeep

NPRinskeep

Hard to understate Rush Limbaugh's influence, because he lasted so long. In 1994, Republicans who won Congress felt he'd helped so much they made him an honorary member. 26 years

Spies Like Us

RealStealthSpy

THREAD: 2020 Taught in History1. Imagine trying teaching today’s reality to a Junior High history class in 100 years. Here is an futuristic attempt:"Well kids, it was a brilliant counter-insurgency,

Abraham Newman

ANewman_forward

Thread/Time for political economy to make digital politics central to the field. @ProfKMcNamara have put together a primer on what we call the digital double movement, which could serve as

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