“Disinformation”

Maybe You Missed It, but the Internet ‘Died’ Five Years Ago

A conspiracy theory spreading online says the whole internet is now fake. It’s ridiculous, but possibly not that ridiculous?

If you search the phrase i hate texting on Twitter and scroll down, you will start to notice a pattern. An account with the handle @pixyIuvr and a glowing heart as a profile picture tweets, “i hate texting i just want to hold ur hand,” receiving 16,000 likes. An account with the handle @f41rygf and a pink orb as a profile picture tweets, “i hate texting just come live with me,” receiving nearly 33,000 likes. An account with the handle @itspureluv and a pink orb as a profile picture tweets, “i hate texting i just wanna kiss u,” receiving more than 48,000 likes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Disinformation"

Ivermectin is a wonder drug but not for COVID — and misinformation is causing a shortage

“The use of this medication for COVID is really putting people who are already in a difficult situation in an even worse situation,” said Barry Power of the Canadian Pharmacists Association. “I would really urge people to think twice before trying to access this medication that has been proven to do nothing in the case of COVID.”

Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", "Disinformation", Canada, Fearmongering

Poll: Majority of Americans Think Infrastructure Bill Is a Socialist Hoax

They told us it was a real infrastructure bill. It’s not. Only 23 percent of the bill is real infrastructure. The rest is Green New Deal and welfare. They told us the bill was paid for. It isn’t. We’re going to have to borrow maybe up to $400 billion to pay for it.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Bad Optics", "Disinformation", Batshit crazy lefties, Batshit Crazy Socialist Commies, Big Government, Socialism

Stunning! New Floyd Case Exhibit Confirms Witness Coercion

On July 29, District Court Judge Peter Cahill, the presiding judge in the trials of the four Minneapolis police officers indicted for the death of George Floyd, ordered the release of an exhibit memorandum that reveals a miscarriage of justice and criminal coercion of a witness.

h/t Mom

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Disinformation", "Peak F*cked Up", "racial justice", #BlackLivesMatter, Anti-White Racism, Batshit Crazy Social Justice Warriors

An online propaganda campaign used AI-generated headshots to create fake journalists

A network of fictional journalists, analysts, and political consultants has been used to place opinion pieces favorable to certain Gulf states in a range of media outlets, an investigation from The Daily Beast has revealed. At least 19 fake personas were used to author op-eds published in dozens of mainly conservative publications, with AI-generated headshots of would-be authors used to trick targets into believing the writers were real people.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Disinformation"