Fri Apr 17, 2020, 07:57 PM

Has anyone on Twitter notices the recent rise in fake news the left is amplifying?

It is unnerving for me. Dems and others opposed to Trump have been very fact-based in their opposition. But last day or so public people I follow are starting to post garbage rumors like Trump is suddenly moving USN Comfort from NYC to Louisiana.

I sure hope we aren’t going to see more of 2016 with Russian trolls trying to spew misinformation.

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Has anyone on Twitter notices the recent rise in fake news the left is amplifying? (Original post)	SiliconValley_Dem	Apr 2020	OP
Russian trolls who were posing as Sanders supporters have new assignments	blm	Apr 2020	#1
It is just so weird to see social media with that new lens	SiliconValley_Dem	Apr 2020	#2
That will be little noticed	jberryhill	Apr 2020	#3
Yes, I imagine they are moving in and it will be a shit show by September	SiliconValley_Dem	Apr 2020	#5
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I believe it	tirebiter	Apr 2020	#4
Stinkin' the left! Why, I oughta...	Iggo	Apr 2020	#6
Not attacking the actual left of Dem party..just an observation about Twitter	SiliconValley_Dem	Apr 2020	#7

Response to SiliconValley_Dem (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:04 PM

blm (110,684 posts)

1. Russian trolls who were posing as Sanders supporters have new assignments

to try to dumb down the left enough to manipulate their beliefs.

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Response to blm (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:13 PM

SiliconValley_Dem (1,656 posts)

2. It is just so weird to see social media with that new lens

With all that came out about those efforts post-2016.

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Response to SiliconValley_Dem (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:26 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

3. That will be little noticed

Which, of course, is the point.

There is a persistent and incorrect belief that harmful trolls simply push “right wing talking points”.

Some people are more than happy to amplify misinformation, so long as it confirms their pre-existing biases, and that is independent of political orientation.

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Response to jberryhill (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:07 PM

SiliconValley_Dem (1,656 posts)