Killer Disinformation: How Anti-Vaccine Propaganda Hijacked American Political Discourse
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2021-08-06
The Biden administration has given new life to a national discussion about the dangers of social media-induced misinformation following its request that Facebook censor Covid-19 anti-vaccination propaganda. Biden lamented the proliferation of anti-vaxxer content, declaring: "They're killing people. Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and that — and they're killing people."
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Twitter Suspends Journalist Who Repeated CDC Fact on Vaccines
Jonathan Turley | globalresearch.ca | 2021-08-06
@crg_globalresearch. Greg Piper writers …
globalresearch.ca/twitter-suspends-journalist-repeated-cdc-fact-vaccines/5752265
How the Alt-Right Have Used Online Conspiracy Theories to Create a False Class Consciousness and Take Down Democracy
Caolán Magee | counterpunch.org | 2021-08-06
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." These words from WB Yeats encapsulate our current political impasse. Whereas in Yeats' time the worst may have been persuaded by the rational, in today's age of social media, the worst can spread their ideas with conviction — irrespective of the truth.
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Sanitising Censorship: The Twitter-AP-Reuters News Partnership
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-08-05
@crg_globalresearch. This week, Twitter …
globalresearch.ca/censorship-twitter-ap-reuters-news-partnership/5752079
Sanitising Censorship: The Twitter-AP-Reuters News Partnership
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-08-05
This week, Twitter was keen to share the news about its new arrangement with The Associated Press and Reuters "to expand our efforts to identify and elevate credible information" on its platform. The company reiterates its commitment that people using its service are able to "easily find reliable information" hoping to "expand the scale and …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/08/sanitising-censorship-the-twitter-ap-reuters-news-partnership/
Sanitising Censorship: The Twitter-AP-Reuters News Partnership
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-08-05
Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | This week, Twitter was keen to share the news about its new arrangement with The Associated Press and Reuters "to expand our efforts to identify and elevate credible information" on its platform. The company reiterates its commitment that people using its service are able to "easily find reliable information" hoping to "expand the scale…
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