Disinformation is the deliberate use of lies to manipulate people, whether to extract profit or to advance a political agenda. Its unwitting accomplice, misinformation, is spread by unknowing dupes who repeat lies they believe to be true. In America today, both forms of falsehood are distorting our perception of reality.

In a democracy, the people need a shared set of facts as a basis to debate and make decisions that advance and secure their collective interests. Differences of opinion, and even propaganda, have always existed in the United States, but now, enemies of democracy are using disinformation to attack our sovereign right to truthful information, intellectual integrity, and the exercise of the will of the people. Online disinformation is particularly insidious because of its immediacy, its capacity to deceive, and its ability to reach its target.

    • @Nudding
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      -389 months ago

      Disinformation comes from both sides. Don’t let yourself be propagandized into defending a political party to the death.

      • @Dkarma
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        179 months ago

        The vast majority of Republicans believe things that are factually untrue.

        The same doesn’t apply to any other political demographic in the US. There is significantly more right wing grift out there than lib grift cuz libs are probably more intelligent.

        Literally every single right wing commentator out there used to be a lib until they realized Republicans were dumber so it was easier to dupe them out of their money.

        • @Linkerbaan
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          -59 months ago

          I’m also seeing the entire Democratic party aside from Tlaib saying there’s no Genocide of going on. What do you make of that?

        • @Nudding
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          -129 months ago

          And Biden will get you that ceasefire any day now…