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The @FoxNews lie machine is loudly denying the reality of the #ClimateCrisis.🤨
Part of billionaire Rupert Murdoch's media empire (his $ comes from #BigOil) it's his 24/7 #disinformation platform.🤥📢
He's denied the science of #climatechange since 2006:
vice.com/en/article/n7b…
Part of billionaire Rupert Murdoch's media empire (his $ comes from #BigOil) it's his 24/7 #disinformation platform.🤥📢
He's denied the science of #climatechange since 2006:
vice.com/en/article/n7b…
"When it comes to climate change denial, #FoxNews is leading the pack. Through politically-charged news segments and commentary, Fox is spreading #misinformation about #climatechange, telling viewers that scientists are 'torn' on the #ClimateCrisis issue."
desmog.com/2011/11/17/cli…
desmog.com/2011/11/17/cli…
PS: did you see that the author of the "It's not climate change making wildfires worse" thinks Ottawa is a province? 🤨
It's a city, dude.
If Fox can't even get BASIC facts correct about Canada, why should ANYONE believe them about complex scientific issues like climate change?
It's a city, dude.
If Fox can't even get BASIC facts correct about Canada, why should ANYONE believe them about complex scientific issues like climate change?
#Grifters exploit fear and ignorance for profit.🤑
They push #disinformation on ANY issue that's of big concern to the public, and David Icke is one of the worst.
Which is likely why he's branching out into #ClimateCrisis #denial, citing a garbage #climatechange paper.
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They push #disinformation on ANY issue that's of big concern to the public, and David Icke is one of the worst.
Which is likely why he's branching out into #ClimateCrisis #denial, citing a garbage #climatechange paper.
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2/3 The paper was mentioned in a reply to me yesterday, intended to sow doubt about the scientific concensus of evidence about manmade climate change.📈📊
Which is FULLY supported by every scientific agency on earth.🌎✅
#Misinformation travels fast and confuses the public.📲🤨
Which is FULLY supported by every scientific agency on earth.🌎✅
#Misinformation travels fast and confuses the public.📲🤨
3/3 #BigOil's agents and those they fool are ALWAYS pushing noise, flooding #socialmedia with hundreds of false and misleading 'facts' on climate.👹🌊
Read the comments on this page to understand why the paper is ONLY mentioned on #denier sites like WUWT:
skepticalscience.com/CO2-emissions-…
Read the comments on this page to understand why the paper is ONLY mentioned on #denier sites like WUWT:
skepticalscience.com/CO2-emissions-…
🧵1/ Ready for a sockpuppet odyssey that goes from Twitter to Medium? Meet Rebecca Klein. She's an 'Israel' based in Dubai, has a fantastic set of chompers, & a verified account. She also loves the UAE, and by the looks of things, spaghetti junctions. #deception #disinformation
2/ Klein was part of a network promoting Cop28 in UAE. Following my thread, the network took evasive action, changing their usernames (this is called handle switching). As you can see, Klein became Samantha Ali.
Also, 'Forgetting Rebecca Klein' is a great movie title.
Also, 'Forgetting Rebecca Klein' is a great movie title.
3/ Some of you may know that everyone has a unique Twitter ID. This ID remains the same even if you change your username. So if you know the unique ID, you know the new username
Amazingly, Samantha Ali has already got her verification back. Her bio has changed slightly though.
Amazingly, Samantha Ali has already got her verification back. Her bio has changed slightly though.
We examined 12,545 tweets using a pro #Sudan army hashtag. We found large-scale manipulation promoting escalation, whilst authentic Sudanese voices called for an end to the violence. The findings show how one of the most common deceptive practices on Twitter works #thread 🧵 1/13
Since fighting broke out between #Sudan army and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) on April 15, the hashtag جيش_واحد_شعب_واحد# (One Army, One Nation) has been used 12,545 times by pro-army accounts. All sides are running digital influence operations with much #disinformation 2/13
Firstly, we applied @benimmo’s Coefficient of Traffic Manipulation (CTM) to the dataset. CTM assigns a rating based on the number of retweets per user, percentage of retweets and the percentage of total traffic made up by the 50 most active users (see graph below). 3/13
„#Eksplozja w #Chmielnickim. Brak dowodów na obecność #amunicji ze zubożonym #uranem”
„#Rosyjska #propaganda po raz kolejny aktywnie próbuje siać #panikę w #Polsce i krajach #Europy. Narracje te są bardzo chętnie powielane przez liczne konta w mediach społecznościowych. [1/3]
„#Rosyjska #propaganda po raz kolejny aktywnie próbuje siać #panikę w #Polsce i krajach #Europy. Narracje te są bardzo chętnie powielane przez liczne konta w mediach społecznościowych. [1/3]
Na ten moment nie ma żadnych dowodów na to, by w #Chmielnickim znajdowały się magazyny, w których składowano #amunicję ze #zubożonym #uranem. Nie zaobserwowano wzrostu #promieniowania ani w #ukraińskim mieście, ani w #Polsce. [2/3]
As the wait for for the long-anticipated Ukraine’s counteroffensive continues, Russian propaganda machine has started preparing the public for various scenarios.
Last week's stories were dominated by a single message: the Ukrainian operation is a stillborn. The #disinformation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Last week's stories were dominated by a single message: the Ukrainian operation is a stillborn. The #disinformation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
📰 Last week, Russian propaganda media reported successful strikes on Western weapon systems in Ukraine, claiming the domination of Russian weapons:
“The Patriot systems are highly vulnerable. A working radar of a Patriot system gives out its local from miles away making it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“The Patriot systems are highly vulnerable. A working radar of a Patriot system gives out its local from miles away making it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
📰 Another narrative that Russia's disinformation media were circulating last week was the claim that Russia had learned to target and destroy Ukraine’s HIMARS launchers.
According to Russian propaganda, the Russian army has found a weak spot in their guidance systems:
❌… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
According to Russian propaganda, the Russian army has found a weak spot in their guidance systems:
❌… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“DISINFO: THE #RUSSIAN #ORTHODOX #CHURCH IN #UKRAINE IS BEING #OPPRESSED AND…”
‘According to #Archbishop #Evstratiy, a spokesman of the #Ukrainian #Orthodox #Church, the statements of #Patriarch #Kirill are #untrue.
‘According to #Archbishop #Evstratiy, a spokesman of the #Ukrainian #Orthodox #Church, the statements of #Patriarch #Kirill are #untrue.
Since the #annexation of #Crimea, the #Moscow #Patriarchate has lost most of its #adherents in #Ukraine.
#Disinformation about the Law of #Ukraine - On Supporting the Functioning of the #Ukrainian Language as the #State #Language
“DISINFO: A NEW #LAW WILL #BAN THE USE OF THE #RUSSIAN #LANGUAGE IN #UKRAINE”
“One of the authors of the draft law, #Mykola #Knyazhytsky says the legislation is not designed to curtail any #minority language in #Ukraine,
“One of the authors of the draft law, #Mykola #Knyazhytsky says the legislation is not designed to curtail any #minority language in #Ukraine,
but rather to support #Ukrainian through proposing to increase Ukrainian #language content on national #television to 75%.The proposed #law is discussed in committee.”
euvsdisinfo.eu/report/a-new-l…
euvsdisinfo.eu/report/a-new-l…
“DISINFO: WEST HAILS #ZELENSKYY’S ATTEMPTS TO #ELIMINATE #OPPOSITION”
“This is a recurring #disinformation narrative by pro-#Kremlin media about the West’s purported attempts to interfere in #Ukrainian politics and set the #political establishment there against #Russia.
“This is a recurring #disinformation narrative by pro-#Kremlin media about the West’s purported attempts to interfere in #Ukrainian politics and set the #political establishment there against #Russia.
In reality, neither pro-#Kremlin parties nor #politicians nor #media are #persecuted in #Ukraine as long as they obey the #law.
«O υπερπολυτελής συρμός ΔΕΝ ανήκει στον πρόεδρο της #Ουκρανίας #Βολοντίμιρ #Ζελένσκι»
«Ο ισχυρισμός κρίνεται #αναληθής. Τα υπερπολυτελή βαγόνια που απεικονίζονται στις φωτογραφίες δεν αποτελούν το εσωτερικό κάποιου τρένου που ανήκει στον #Βολοντίμιρ #Ζελένσκι. [1/2]
«Ο ισχυρισμός κρίνεται #αναληθής. Τα υπερπολυτελή βαγόνια που απεικονίζονται στις φωτογραφίες δεν αποτελούν το εσωτερικό κάποιου τρένου που ανήκει στον #Βολοντίμιρ #Ζελένσκι. [1/2]
Οι εικόνες προέρχονται από υλικό που κυκλοφόρησε το 2015 από το εσωτερικό επιβατικών βαγονιών που δημιούργησε η εταιρεία #Ukrainian #Railways στα πλαίσια διεξαγωγής διαδρομών με αυξημένες παροχές.» [2/2]
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I try and avoid cheap, tawdry comparisons between modern politics and Hitler’s Nazism, Stalin’s Communism, and Mussolini’s Fascism.
But in this case, ya gotta call a spade a spade.
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#cdnpoli
I try and avoid cheap, tawdry comparisons between modern politics and Hitler’s Nazism, Stalin’s Communism, and Mussolini’s Fascism.
But in this case, ya gotta call a spade a spade.
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#cdnpoli
Comms Director for the CPC @SarahFischer__ has gone beyond blatant #propaganda / #disinformation.
She now sees fit to use language like “liquidation of a people” in order to describe the new Canadian #passport.
Think about this.
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#cdnpoli
She now sees fit to use language like “liquidation of a people” in order to describe the new Canadian #passport.
Think about this.
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#cdnpoli
“Liquidation of a people”.
Unless you’re talking about bargain bin shopping, what does the word “liquidation” conjure?
If you’re even a casual student of history, it’s eerily reminiscent of the Nazi #liquidation of the Jewish ghettos during WWII.
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#cdnpoli
Unless you’re talking about bargain bin shopping, what does the word “liquidation” conjure?
If you’re even a casual student of history, it’s eerily reminiscent of the Nazi #liquidation of the Jewish ghettos during WWII.
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#cdnpoli
“AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. #Zelenskyy wore a #military T-shirt that featured the official #emblem for the #Ukraine #Armed #Forces. In its center, the emblem includes Ukraine’s official coat of arms.
The image on his shirt did not match the #Iron #Cross or any hateful symbol, according to historians and #extremism experts.”
“#Ukraina #mordowała ludność #Donbasu i #Ługańska? #Fałsz (#Ukraine #murdered the people of #Donbass and #Lugansk? Falsehood)”
“Narracja o #ukraińskich #zbrodniach na #ludności Donbasu i Ługańska, które poprzedzało łamanie praw tamtejszych mieszkańców #Ukrainy, [1/4]
“Narracja o #ukraińskich #zbrodniach na #ludności Donbasu i Ługańska, które poprzedzało łamanie praw tamtejszych mieszkańców #Ukrainy, [1/4]
There's been a lot of kerfuffle about this lately with some dishonest Kiwis showing their lack of understanding or willfully misrepresenting what is happening.
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Normally, every one of us gets one vote for a governing body, be that a central government, local government, business, sports club, etc.
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This gets a bit complicated when one person is represented by multiple governments. The most obvious example is a Kiwi living in Australia.
We know this is fair and agree with it. After all, New Zealand makes their laws and Australia makes theirs.
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We know this is fair and agree with it. After all, New Zealand makes their laws and Australia makes theirs.
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‘The #Pentagon has not "silently admitted" that it has funded 46 #laboratories in #Ukraine’
#russian #disinformation #biolabs
#russian #disinformation #biolabs
‘As they highlighted the #US colleagues of #PolitiFact, already in March 2022 the #Pentagon had communicated more or less the same things,
adding that about 200 million dollars had been invested in #Ukraine in supporting "46 #laboratories, health facilities and diagnostic sites", improving the country's "#biological #safety".’
facta.news/fuori-contesto…
facta.news/fuori-contesto…
“#ECDC does not link #monkeypox to #Ukrainian #laboratories”
#russian #disinformation #biolabs #Ukraine
#russian #disinformation #biolabs #Ukraine
“Contacted by #German colleagues from Correctiv, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Ecdc) he denied the news released by Braddock,
explaining that there is no evidence that the current cases of #monkeypox are linked to a #virus from a #laboratory in #Ukraine.”
facta.news/fuori-contesto…
facta.news/fuori-contesto…
‘There is no evidence that the #Azovstal steel plant in #Mariupol hides a "#bio #laboratory" and a #NATO base’
#russian #disinformation #biolabs #Ukraine
#russian #disinformation #biolabs #Ukraine
“First, #Ukraine it is not currently a member country of #NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international organization for defense cooperation) and on its territory they are not here therefore NATO #military #bases.
Furthermore, there are no independent sources able to confirm the existence of a base in the basement of the #Azovstal steel plant.”
‘No, there are no #US-run “#biomilitary #laboratories” in #Ukraine’
#russian #disinformation #biolabs
#russian #disinformation #biolabs
‘The existence of #US-run "#biomilitary #laboratories" has been officially denied in May 2020 by the security services of #Ukraine, which had asked politicians "not to spread false information about the alleged existence of foreign #military #biological #laboratories in Ukraine".
A item of the non-profit news organization Coda Story dating back to 2018 reconstructed the origins of this #disinformation content, attributing it to #Russian #propaganda.’
facta.news/notizia-falsa/…
facta.news/notizia-falsa/…
“How the #myth of #biolaboratories was born and how it spread in #Ukraine”
#russian #disinformation #biolabs #Ukraine
#russian #disinformation #biolabs #Ukraine
‘Since the early hours, the #Russian #invasion of #Ukraine has spawned a staggering amount of #conspiracy theories. Some point to completely denying the very existence of conflict, arguing that the #dead and #wounded are actually “#actors”;
others try to raise concerns about specific events, such as the #bombing of the #Mariupol #hospital or the #Bucha #massacre; and still others perform a #propaganda function, above all that of the phantom #Ukrainian "#biolaboratories", one of the best known and most widespread.’
'Protecting Against #Disinformation: Using Inoculation to Cultivate Reactance Towards #Astroturf Attacks'.
How useful is the counter-persuasive strategy of 'inoculation', including 'prebunking'?
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
How useful is the counter-persuasive strategy of 'inoculation', including 'prebunking'?
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
The use of inoculation within the public relations industry is not novel. The current study shows that organizations, when able, should proactively respond to astroturf attacks rather than ignore the attack.
Responding proactively with an inoculation message significantly improved crisis outcomes such as attitudes & behavioral intentions compared to no response. This is important, as crisis literature doesn't explicitly recommend organizations respond to all paracrisis situations.
A #DebtLimit 🧵
Reagan staffer & WaPo Publisher Fred Ryan runs @washingtonpost as a Republican-protection racket.
Front page disinfo & gaslighting by @TonyRomm
“Drift” ??passively as if by random? -Tony/WaPo Editors
@NormOrnstein @MarkJacob16 @Sulliview
Reagan staffer & WaPo Publisher Fred Ryan runs @washingtonpost as a Republican-protection racket.
Front page disinfo & gaslighting by @TonyRomm
“Drift” ??passively as if by random? -Tony/WaPo Editors
@NormOrnstein @MarkJacob16 @Sulliview
“Both sides-ism” hides EXTREMIST GOP positions, harms and inability to govern.
These are institutional decisions to favor Republicans (at the expense of truth) by Editors and @SallyBuzbee
Legacy media has a pro-Republican bias.
@jayrosen_nyu @JeffSharlet @soledadobrien
These are institutional decisions to favor Republicans (at the expense of truth) by Editors and @SallyBuzbee
Legacy media has a pro-Republican bias.
@jayrosen_nyu @JeffSharlet @soledadobrien
Hey @froomkin help us make sense why in a 217-215 vote to push America towards a catastrophe @Santos4Congress casting what could be considered a deciding vote” to pass the legislation is not a part of the conversation? He +the GOP cheated to win.
@marceelias @ElieNYC @espiers
@marceelias @ElieNYC @espiers
NEW: Digital repression "does not, at least in my view, get enough attention" @ODNIgov Dir Avril Haines tells @CarnegieEndow
#China is "the global leader in digital repression" per @ODNIgov's Haines
#Russia comes next, using a different approach that relies heavily on #disinformation, she says
#Russia comes next, using a different approach that relies heavily on #disinformation, she says
US keeping eye on "Kremlin-aligned media" & social media, per @ODNIgov's Haines
A Collective Bargain: Workplace democracy is a training ground for true national democracy
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#reviews #Unions #labor #JaneMcAlevey #democracy #WinningElections #OccupyDemocrats
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#reviews #Unions #labor #JaneMcAlevey #democracy #WinningElections #OccupyDemocrats
Bosses rig #union votes the same way Republicans rig elections: #disinformation, divide-and-rule, #VoterSuppression, #gerrymandering. Union organizers know how to win that kind of election, and they can teach us all.
doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-b…
doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-b…
The #DemocraticParty establishment wants voters to cast a ballot and then go to sleep for two years until it's time to cast another ballot. That's why they hate #unions: unions stay awake, demanding that the Democrats GOVERN instead of selling out.
doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-b…
doctorow.medium.com/a-collective-b…
#THREAD
Bridgen is an irresponsible, bullshit-posting crank. Either he's a fucking idiot, or he's abusing other people's ignorance to fearmonger & spread hateful, divisive, #disinformation. (It could well be both).
This bollocks has been repeatedly debunked for half a century.
Bridgen is an irresponsible, bullshit-posting crank. Either he's a fucking idiot, or he's abusing other people's ignorance to fearmonger & spread hateful, divisive, #disinformation. (It could well be both).
This bollocks has been repeatedly debunked for half a century.
A time-honoured ploy in the political arena has been to discredit your opponents (& their ideas) by demonizing them - it's part of 'divide & rule'.
This usually means claiming the ideas your opponents advocate were implemented by Nazis or Communists.
This usually means claiming the ideas your opponents advocate were implemented by Nazis or Communists.
Bridgen's post is of a purportedly genuine document, which is typically claimed to have been discovered "in May 1919 at Dusseldorf, Germany, by allied forces" & first printed in the US in the Bartlesville, Oklahoma Examiner-Enterprise.
It's total bollocks.
It's total bollocks.
