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Que incluye BBB para ti? Smart tech for Hispanic outreach.

Que incluye BBB para ti? Free apps for better Hispanic outreach.

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Messaging, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Video creation / By Deepak Puri

How can information in the public interest be shared broadly when billionaires control media outlets? “Psychological-ops degrade the morale and well-being of citizens by spreading false information, rumor and fear through social media and news outlets.” – WEF Why is it that certain TV channels stoke downplay good news and health safety measures, while spreading …

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They're special. No taxes. No laws. And they dictate how the other 99.99% of Americans live.

Billionaires vs. America

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

Billionaires dodge paying taxes but impose their values on other Americans. Corporate politicians cover for them. How is the system rigged? Follow the money. This StoryMaps shows how billionaires have a different standards of justice and pay different taxes. How they exploit workers and use their wealth to deprive women of their rights and workers …

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Pandemic profiteers

Leave a Comment / COVID / By Deepak Puri

Who are the profiteers making money from COVID disinformation? How do Facebook and YouTube help the ‘Disinformation Dozen’? Who funds them? “The Anti-Vaxx Industry boasts over $35 million in annual revenues while driving an estimated $1.1 billion in advertising dollars to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. according to the CCDH Report. We designed this relationship map to make it easier …

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COVID-19 and delta variant spreads as Republicans dispute science and block safety measures

Blood on their hands

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

COVID is an equal opportunity killer. It doesn’t care who you voted for, or even if you voted at all. Death isn’t a political issue. Should elected officials make health policy decisions based on politics even if it kills the people who elected them? Should Florida Governor DeSantis raise money by mocking health. experts and …

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Are you being tricked into funding the spread of disinformation? Check the GDI Index.

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

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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Fact or fiction? Find out with Checkology.

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

Learn to separate fact from fiction. Use the free Checkology app to determine the credibility of what you’re reading. “Lack of news literacy is a threat to democracy. A free society cannot function without a well-informed public and a vigorous and independent free press.” – NLP Disinformation “Americans blame political leaders and activists far more …

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Fighting disinformation. Coordinate a rapid response with shared talking points.

Fighting disinfo? Coordinate a rapid response with shared talking points.

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Uncategorized / By Deepak Puri

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 …

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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.

From Russian With Love: Disinformation Playbook

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation / By Deepak Puri

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.

Fighting disinformation? Eighteen free weapons for your arsenal.

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Messaging, Misinformation, Radicalization / By Deepak Puri

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 …

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Storytelling poisoned to spread disinformation

Stories poisoned to spread disinformation

Leave a Comment / Disinformation, Misinformation, Radicalization / By Deepak Puri

Disinformation is the new battlefield. Why fight when you can manipulate your adversary into fighting itself? Beware of fairy tales poisoned with disinformation.