Kellen Squire·22 hours ago“Am I going to die?”I think we all understand that disinformation is one of the biggest problems we have in our country, and our political system, right now. I don’t think there’s anyone who doubts that willful disinformation will kill our democracy if we allow it to. I certainly don’t. I’ve seen blood pool…Disinformation6 min readDisinformation6 min read
Elisabeth Roberts·20 hours agoMember-onlyThe Golden Age of DisinformationEssential Insights into the World of Disinformation — Humans are pattern-seeking storytelling beings. But they cannot endure an absence of meaning. In this regard, we (humans) have a hard need for myths, princesses, and superheroes. No matter if we look geographically, or even when we look historically there is a story as old as time. The Saga of…Disinformation5 min readDisinformation5 min read
Lester GoldeninILLUMINATION-Curated·1 day agoMember-onlyAs Ukraine Rolls Russia, Putin Parrots PanicThe strange right<>left mating habits of useful idiot Putin Parrots — Putin Parrot meets Code Pink Putin Parrots…Disinformation13 min readDisinformation13 min read
Taylor Nichols·17 hours agoMember-onlyKnowledge Overconfidence and Anti-Consensus ViewsPeople who think of themselves as brilliant heterodox thinkers are overcompensating for a significant mismatch between their objective and subjective knowledge. That is to say, people who hold anti-consensus views often have an inadequate fund of knowledge about a particular topic while also overestimating their fund of knowledge on that…Disinformation7 min readDisinformation7 min read
Taminad CrittendeninNon-violence·1 day agoMember-onlyNo Americans are So-Called “Banning” Books: All Parties Legitimately & Constantly Deny Most Books from Curricula & SchoolsNobody is “banning” books in the United States. No one. What coercion-loving and dissent-hating Leftists call “banning” is something that Democrats also do regularly and just as legitimately as when Republicans do it: Curating which books the government will include in government-run schools and libraries. In recent years, Democrats have…Disinformation3 min readDisinformation3 min read
Dylan Combellick·2 days agoMember-onlySocial Media Failsafe — Why the Bots Lose in the EndGrassroots and Astroturf — the eternal struggle in the modern political scene and a difference that has been accentuated in the online world. In the days of the Founding Fathers, supporters were paid with beer and were at least Americans. Today we are immersed in fake support for political movements…Disinformation7 min readDisinformation7 min read
Christian Baghai·2 days agoAI and the Battle Against Misinformation: An Examination of Facebook’s Approach to Combat COVID-19 MisinformationThe information age is, paradoxically, the age of misinformation. The ability to share content with unprecedented speed and scope has made the viral spread of misinformation a critical challenge. This problem becomes gravely serious when it concerns matters of public health, like the COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook, a ubiquitous social media…Disinformation4 min readDisinformation4 min read
Bill Denton·4 days agoIt’s Just An IllusionIn 1970 I splurged some rare and precious dollars on my first real camera. That’s what I called it. I did have a couple cameras before that, but they were cheap snapshot takers. I bought a Minolta SRT101, at the time, a pretty fancy camera. …Disinformation5 min readDisinformation5 min read
Carol Smaldino·5 days agoMember-onlyCowboys and Indians in Ukraine: The Narrative We are Exposed to EndlesslyI know this is already very politically incorrect: we don’t often encourage our children — boys or girls — to play cowboys against Indians, as if the latter are always the bad guys. …Disinformation6 min readDisinformation6 min read
Dylan Combellick·May 24Member-onlySatire Continues, Act Two, BilhorodWell, the Ukrainians have had their fun on social media, blurting back behind hidden laughter all of the absurd arguments Russia used when it invaded Donbas and Crimea in 2014. The vatniks are slow to respond, realizing how weak their case has become. Now, it’s time for the Russians to…Disinformation5 min readDisinformation5 min read
