Amazon, Google and Facebook report billions in ad revenues. Right wing websites spread hate, racism and COVID conspiracy theories. What’s the connection? Right wing groups use attention grabbing headlines and click-bait to drive web traffic to make money. Advertisers are often unaware their ad dollars are being redirected to fund websites that promote racism, violence …
“Spotify removes Neil Young following rocker’s protest over COVID-19 misinformation” – PBS “I realized I could not continue to support Spotify’s life-threatening misinformation to the music loving people,” said Young. Spotify airs the “The Joe Rogan Experience,” podcast where Rogan interviewed Dr. Robert Malone who has been banned from Twitter for spreading COVID misinformation and …
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The Jan 6 Committee has issued more indictments and is questioning more people as the investigation expands. The relationship map has been expanded to include this new information from the Jan 6 Committee including: Republican State officials that filed fake electoral certificates Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Boris Epshteyn and Jenna Ellis role with fake electoral …
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Use the right messaging to explain the Jan 6th insurrection and how the people behind it are now passing bills to steal our freedom to vote. Words matter. Especially when countering disinformation undermining democracy. This Digital Toolkit from ASO Communications explains how to describe the clear and present danger to American democracy and what can …
Over 2,000 Americans die from COVID every day. Yet, Spotify continues to stream COVID misinformation. Why? Follow the money. “Hundreds of scientists, professors and public health professionals penned an open letter to Spotify urging the streaming platform to crack down on misinformation after an episode of the podcast promoted “baseless conspiracy theories” about the COVID-19 …
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Follow the money to trace who did what in the Jan 6th insurrection and how they were funded. Get the big picture as the evidence and indictments pile up and dig in for details with a relationship map. This interactive Jan 6 Insurrection map was created with the free Kumu app with information from dozens …
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How do you make money promoting a violent insurrection? Advertising. Conspiracies and disinformation thrive online. Who are the worst culprits? Who funds them? What can be done to stop them? Check My Ads Institute, an independent watchdog organization that seeks to reform the digital ad tech industry through their Defund the Insurrectionists campaign. The campaign aims …
Hate mongers pay a price when exposed. How do you find out about racists and white supremacists who would rather stay anonymous? One People’s Project (OPP) monitors and publishes information about far-right groups. – Wikipedia Exposing hate mongers “In order for us to defeat the hate mongering that goes on in the country today, we are going to …
How to Spot Fake News: A Disinformation Check List Vaccination is a good defense against COVID. Inoculation works similarly and builds your resistance against being infected by disinformation. Rand Waltzman is an expert at analyzing disinformation and how it’s used to manipulate people. This StoryMap summaries his recent report from #disinformation and explains 18 common …
Spreading misinformation is a money making scheme. Just ask Dr. Evil* His secret guide explains (along with real examples) how to make gazillions spreading spreading misinformation with algorithms. You’ll learn in this parody how: Where the social media platforms make money? What is an algorithm? How to design them to make more money? How to …
