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Disinformation strikes at the foundation of democratic government: "the idea that the truth is knowable and that citizens can discern and use it to govern themselves." [77] Disinformation campaigns are designed by both foreign and domestic actors to gain political and economic advantage. The undermining of functional government weakens the rule ...
Mercyhurst Prof. Fred Hoffman: Today's disinformation - leveraged and amplified online - puts Soviet-era disinformation to shame.
Fake news websites deliberately publish hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation to drive web traffic inflamed by social media. [8] [9] [10] These sites are distinguished from news satire as fake news articles are usually fabricated to deliberately mislead readers, either for profit or more ambiguous reasons, such as disinformation campaigns.
The Shorenstein Center at Harvard University defines disinformation research as an academic field that studies "the spread and impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation," including "how it spreads through online and offline channels, and why people are susceptible to believing bad information, and successful strategies for mitigating its impact". [23]
A new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate finds that "just 12 anti-vaxxers are responsible for almost two-thirds of anti-vaccine content circulating on social media platforms."
Richard Metzger (born July 28, 1965) is a television host and author. [1] He was the host of the TV show Disinformation (United Kingdom Channel 4, 2000–01), The Disinformation Company and its website, Disinfo.com.
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disclose.tv A German disinformation outlet that started out as a UFO conspiracy forum before rebranding as a news aggregator in 2021. It pushes far-right content, anti-vaccine narratives and conspiracy theories , and platforms hate speech , including Holocaust denial and neo-Nazism , on its message groups.