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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 7, 2024 20:51:49 GMT -5
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information
NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed “skyrocketing” rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three states this year — two of them crucial to the presidential contest. “Extremely concerning,” X owner Elon Musk replied twice to the post this past week. “Are migrants registering to vote using SSN?” Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an ally of former President Donald Trump, asked on Instagram, using the acronym for Social Security number. Trump himself posted to his own social platform within hours to ask, “Who are all those voters registering without a Photo ID in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Arizona? What is going on? ” State election officials soon found themselves forced to respond. They said the user, who pledges to fight, expose and mock “wokeness,” was wrong and had distorted Social Security Administration data. Actual voter registrations during the time period cited were much lower than the numbers being shared online. Stephen Richer, the recorder in Maricopa County, Arizona, which includes Phoenix, refuted the claim in multipleX posts while Jane Nelson, the secretary of state in Texas, issued a statement calling it “totally inaccurate.” Yet by the time they tried to correct the record, the false claim had spread widely. In three days, the pseudonymous user’s claim amassed more than 63 million views on X, according to the platform’s metrics. A thorough explanation from Richer attracted a fraction of that, reaching 2.4 million users. The incident sheds light on how social media accounts that shield the identities of the people or groups behind them through clever slogans and cartoon avatars have come to dominate right-wing political discussion online even as they spread false information. Rest of article here: Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Apr 8, 2024 3:00:47 GMT -5
Wouldn't surprise me one bit if anonymous was a foreign power mucking things up.
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Post by Spellbound454 on Apr 8, 2024 3:11:45 GMT -5
A bedroom full of activists, using scripts and multiple accounts would be able to effect the online discourse.
That's the World we live in. Just because there appears to be trends for different issues ... doesn't mean there actually is.
and because of the different operators in play ... its difficult to know what is to be trusted.
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Post by Opti on Apr 8, 2024 6:33:31 GMT -5
Wouldn't surprise me one bit if anonymous was a foreign power mucking things up. Sad thing is at this point it could easily be Trump operatives too spreading false info trying to rile up his base. |
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 8, 2024 8:55:37 GMT -5
Wouldn't surprise me one bit if anonymous was a foreign power mucking things up. Sad thing is at this point it could easily be Trump operatives too spreading false info trying to rile up his base. Yup. |
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Post by hurley1980 on Apr 8, 2024 12:28:26 GMT -5
Social media and reality TV have absolutely destroyed this nation!
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 8, 2024 12:53:23 GMT -5
Wouldn't surprise me one bit if anonymous was a foreign power mucking things up. Sad thing is at this point it could easily be Trump operatives too spreading false info trying to rile up his base. Same thing |
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 11, 2024 13:25:12 GMT -5
A bedroom full of activists, using scripts and multiple accounts would be able to effect the online discourse. That's the World we live in. Just because there appears to be trends for different issues ... doesn't mean there actually is. and because of the different operators in play ... its difficult to know what is to be trusted. bedroom? no. why? how about OFFICE. i have almost ZERO doubts that these people are paid good money, and under working conditions. |
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 11, 2024 13:26:07 GMT -5
Social media and reality TV have absolutely destroyed this nation! sadly, not just this one. it is a global contagion. |
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