“Out of the Rabbit Hole: From Radicalization to Amplification of Far-Right Content Online” – Becca LEWIS | Stanford Cyber Policy Center

Algorithmic radicalization (or radicalization pipeline) is the concept that algorithms on popular social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook drive users toward progressively more extreme content over time, leading to them developing radicalized extremist political views. Algorithms record user interactions, from likes/dislikes to amount of time spent on posts, to generate endless media aimed to keep users engaged. Through echo chamber channels,…

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Brazil election: Social media content crafted for disruption | The Listening Post

In Brazil’s upcoming election, President Jair Bolsonaro is not going down without a fight. He has raised the prospect of electoral fraud, used old tricks from his media playbook to spread disinformation, and while the public is more attuned to these dangers now than it was in 2018, there is still a lot at stake.…

Israel seethes at Russian FM’s ‘unforgivable’ claim Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’ | The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel, May 2, 2022 Bennett blasts Lavrov’s ‘lies’ as FM summons envoy for ‘clarification’; Lavrov had defended ‘denazification’ of Zelensky-run Ukraine by saying ‘some of worst antisemites are Jews’ Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP) Israeli leaders on Monday denounced Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for saying…

Fake news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories – The fight against disinformation | DW Documentary

Public opinion is growing more polarized by the day. States and corporations are all working to define just what their "truths” may be. Can anything be done to stop disinformation? Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, among others, have become the biggest propaganda machines in history. They reach billions of people, and exert more power and influence…

Disinformation: the secret strategy to destroy the West (documentary)

This documentary was produced in 2015 it offers a very informative and timely historical presentation that offers a valuable overview of the practice of disinformation' by the mainstream media. It was produced by WND Films based on the work of professor Ronald J. Rychlak and communist defector Ion Mihai Pacepa on the sabotage mechanisms (Fake…