Friends don’t let friends stay at risk. How do you engage with an anti-vaxxer with so much COVID disinformation? Arguing with the facts against disinformation doesn’t work. People hold onto their beliefs even harder. Mocking, shaming or getting angry doesn’t work. Stay calm, relate and encourage critical thinking. And above all, know when to stop …
Groups spreading disinformation siphon funds meant for legitimate advertising. Ad networks like Google and Facebook are complicit and make money when they direct ads and revenue to nefarious websites. When in doubt, follow the money. Bad actors don’t have the money or credibility to advertise their messages like traditional advertisers. Instead, they set up websites …
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Eight people including six Asian women killed in racist shooting spree with a gun bought hours earlier. This isn’t a random event. Hate crimes against Asian Americans have soared 150% in 2020. Who is spreading this racism and misogyny? Who are the billionaires behind Facebook and major Republican donors? How do Republicans ignore violence against …
Polarized voters. People trapped in information bubbles. Corporations making billions spreading disinformation in order to sell more ads. How do you get heard when calling and texting the same list of contacts has diminishing returns and buying ads isn’t an option? It’s time to think different. What social media platform does your target audience prefer? …
Disinfo requires a rapid, broad spread response. Get talking points to supporters for them to spread the truth and have their messages reinforce each other. A free teleprompter with the script makes it easier and lets them give better press interviews. This blog also includes a live map to check on the latest power outage …
Fighting disinfo? Coordinate a rapid response with shared talking points. Read More »
Study disinformation plays in order to defend against them such as how they are used to dodge questions with counter-accusations, use what-about-ism to justify terrible things and worse.
Disinformation kills. It poisons minds with COVID conspiracy theories and distrust of health experts. It is worst in poor, rural communities where people do not have internet access to get the facts about COVID on their own. It is no surprise that poor, rural communities of color without internet access have some of the highest …
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Fighting disinformation? Use all the tools in your arsenal. Here are eighteen of the best. Disinformation basics Disinformation attacks involve these tactics according to Harmony Square:– Trolling people and deliberately provoking people to react emotionally to evoke outrage– Exploiting emotional language to make people afraid or angry about a particular topic– Artificially amplify the reach …
Fighting disinformation? Eighteen free weapons for your arsenal. Read More »
Disinformation is the new battlefield. Why fight when you can manipulate your adversary into fighting itself? Beware of fairy tales poisoned with disinformation.
“Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said that they would vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory … to defy the unambiguous results of the election and indulge President Trump’s attempts to remain in power with false claims of voting fraud.” – NY Times They are politicians. But who are the companies that are …
