How misinformation work? “Repetition, alignment with prior beliefs, and hearing from trusted sources are factors that correlate with more belief in information, regardless of its truth. Those who are more likely to believe specifically in falsehoods in general lack critical thinking skills, and digital and media literacy.” — YouTube, “The Psychology of Misinformation”
@david@netbros.com Interesting 👀
There are two other aspects that are important to keep in mind too:
- Misinformation is actually big business in today’s day and age. (citation required)
And most important of all, platforms like Facebook, Twitter, TikTokk and others based on “advertising business models” (let’s call it steal user data business models) have become tools (even weapons) to help spread fear and dis/mis(information) far more easily than ever before. It’s an awful trend we need to somehow address in society and even create legal precedents around.
@prologic@twtxt.net of course! “There is, unfortunately, a huge market demand for disinformation, […] and a lot of places across the ecosystem that are more than willing to fill that demand.” If you can access, read this article from The New York Times titled “Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming”.
@homer@twtxt.net That’s for the citation! I recall reading this somewhere and wasn’t surprised, but didn’t bookmark the Twt either 😳
Oh yes I read the first few paragraphs of this, German/French influences receiving some “strange proposals” – I believe even influentation Youtubers too I’ve also seen along the same “story line”. This is not surprising at all, as I said, “social media” has become a powerful and dangerous tool in modern times 😢
What I’m interested in uncovering (if anyone can find it) is corporations deliberately attacking other corporations with dis/mis(information about their competitors products. This is the real kicker I think.