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ecib · 1648 days ago · link · · parent · post: Nearly half of the Twitter accounts discussing 'reopening America' may be bots, researchers say
Is Twitter imposing a cost on society when they support disinformation and propaganda so they can extract value from society in the form of engagement?
am_Unition · 1648 days ago · link ·
I've procured some links you'll hate. :D It took Scientific American too many words to say: Yup, stupid people are more susceptible to fake news. And my god, do we have a lot of stupid people. That poll cannot be right. If it's correct, America might only barely achieve herd immunity after a working vaccine is developed, due to tens of millions refusing to vaccinate. Maybe I'll go tornado chasing today.
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am_Unition · 1648 days ago · link ·
What, through regulation?!? Now you’re censoring my free speech and right to consume blatantly false information, which increasingly overlap with my misplaced sense of American exceptionalism!