Twitter Hashtags Are a New Battlefield for Information Warfare

Hashtags should be viewed as skeptically as FOX News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has been subject to information warfare through Twitter hashtags (Nrkbeta/Flickr)

When I saw #AOCLied and #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett trending on Twitter last week, I realized what it was — information warfare. Information warfare, which has existed for several years, has taken on a new battlefield. Social media has become a new tool for shaping minds…