We were founded in 2020 to try to limit the damage caused by disinformation - without the benefit of platform cooperation, new tech, regulation or huge budgets. What could we do that would be simple and effective? 1/17
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On Monday, we released a report showing that our counter-disinfo campaigns DO have a significant impact on the factual knowledge and opinions of Passive Information Consumers. 2/17 medium.com/@realityteam/can-…
Bad actors use a variety of bots to make their disinformation appear more popular and accepted than it is in real life. Here's how they do it. Welcome to our thread on Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) on social media.
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From spamming retweets and likes to mass complaint submissions, bad actors use a variety of bots to make things appear more popular or more hated. Here's how they do it.
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#Disinformation spreaders often use extensive jargon and cherry pick evidence to help sell their lies. Here are some of the ways bad actors online are lying with science.
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Reminder: Just because they use words we don't understand doesn't make what they're saying true. Here is how bad actors lie with science to spread #DirtyDisinfox.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
From spamming retweets and likes to mass complaint submissions, bad actors use a variety of bots to make things appear more popular or more hated. Here's how they do it.
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Bad actors will use a #RedHerring to throw us off their trail when we start smelling the crap. Here's some tips to avoid falling for the trap.
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Can't make it to the polls on election day? Don't worry, there are other ways to vote.
Here's our breakdown of absentee voting. x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Cherry picking is when someone highlights specific facts to make their point, while intentionally ignoring the facts that disprove them.
What're some examples of #CherryPicking you've seen online?
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#DDT#CherryPicking: using out of context facts is a #DirtyDisinfoTrick bad actors use to spread misinformation. Here is what we can do to make sure we don't fall for it. #Thread 1/6
Reminder: Just because they use words we don't understand doesn't make what they're saying true. Here is how bad actors lie with science to spread #DirtyDisinfox.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Bad actors will use a #RedHerring to throw us off their trail when we start smelling the crap. Here's some tips to avoid falling for the trap.
x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Can't make it to the polls on election day? Don't worry, there are other ways to vote.
Here's our breakdown of absentee voting. x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Cherry picking is when someone highlights specific facts to make their point, while intentionally ignoring the facts that disprove them.
What're some examples of #CherryPicking you've seen online?
x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
#DDT#CherryPicking: using out of context facts is a #DirtyDisinfoTrick bad actors use to spread misinformation. Here is what we can do to make sure we don't fall for it. #Thread 1/6
From spamming retweets and likes to mass complaint submissions, bad actors use a variety of bots to make things appear more popular or more hated. Here's how they do it.
x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Bad actors use a variety of bots to make their disinformation appear more popular and accepted than it is in real life. Here's how they do it. Welcome to our thread on Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior (CIB) on social media.
x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
#Disinformation spreaders often use extensive jargon and cherry pick evidence to help sell their lies. Here are some of the ways bad actors online are lying with science.
x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Reminder: Just because they use words we don't understand doesn't make what they're saying true. Here is how bad actors lie with science to spread #DirtyDisinfox.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
From spamming retweets and likes to mass complaint submissions, bad actors use a variety of bots to make things appear more popular or more hated. Here's how they do it.
x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Bad actors will use a #RedHerring to throw us off their trail when we start smelling the crap. Here's some tips to avoid falling for the trap.
x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…
Can't make it to the polls on election day? Don't worry, there are other ways to vote.
Here's our breakdown of absentee voting. x.com/RealityTeam11/status/1…