Fake News

[OUTLAW 09]

Russian Disinformation 2.0: Sowing chaos, confusion, and anger in the west
http://internetfreedom.io/rferl__rus...formation.php#

Excellent work: “Russian Narratives on NATO’s Deployment” by @DFRLab
https://medium.com/dfrlab/russian-na...-616e19c3d194#

HOW #PUTIN USES FAKE NEWS TO WAGE WAR ON #UKRAINE
By Nolan Peterson
http://www.newsweek.com/how-putin-us...kraine-577430#

NOTE: The writer was former USAF SOF....

[Bill Moore]

A response in the Pew article I posted above is germane, it illustrates why the problem will get worse, long before, it gets better, assuming it will. The reason is simple, disinformation/fake news works.

Laurent Schpbach, a neuropsychologist at University Hospital in Zurich, focused his entire response about negative tone online on burgeoning acts of economic and political manipulation, writing, The reason it will probably get worse is that companies and governments are starting to realise that they can influence peoples opinions that way. And these entities sure know how to circumvent any protection in place. Russian troll armies are a good example of something that will become more and more common in the future.

[OUTLAW 09]

Network Analysis by @d1gi of top hashtags and account activity leading up to Nov 8 for detecting signs of automation

Can Elections Be — Bot?

https://medium.com/@d1gi/can-electio...t-970d4b4ae430

Really well worth reading.....

[OUTLAW 09]

“He targets the darkness, anger and insecurity that hide in each of us and harnesses them for his own purposes. ”

Our civilization is defined in part by the disciplines — science, law, journalism — that have developed systematic methods to arrive at the truth. Citizenship brings with it the obligation to engage in a similar process. Good citizens test assumptions, question leaders, argue details, research claims.

Investigate. Read. Write. Listen. Speak. Think. Be wary of those who disparage the investigators, the readers, the writers, the listeners, the speakers and the thinkers. Be suspicious of those who confuse reality with reality TV, and those who repeat falsehoods while insisting, against all evidence, that they are true.


To defend freedom, demand fact.