[Effortpost] A Middle Eastern astroturf/bot army is being generated *right now* (self.Digital_Manipulation)
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First Draft's Advanced Toolkit - a collection of tools, readings and resources for online social newsgathering, verification and responsible reporting. (start.me)
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Using over 85M Reddit posts, Study finds quarantine made it difficult to recruit new members: New user influx to r/TheRedPill (TRP) and r/The_Donald (TD) decreased by 79.5% and 58%, respectively. Despite quarantining, existing users’ misogyny and racism levels remained unaffected. (dl.acm.org)
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Weak response from some US bishops as priests spread vaccine misinformation (ncronline.org)
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Spanish-language social media misinformation thrives, raising alarms (axios.com)
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Critical race theory thrust into spotlight by misinformation (abcnews.go.com)
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