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🌍 Ten ways disinformation has had an impact in the real world🌍
Every day #disinformation permeates into our lives, from Covid-19 conspiracies to false claims about the war in Ukraine. But what impact does this online disinformation have in the real world and on real people?
Every day #disinformation permeates into our lives, from Covid-19 conspiracies to false claims about the war in Ukraine. But what impact does this online disinformation have in the real world and on real people?
To uncover the human and political costs of the disinformation campaign around #Syria @ISDglobal and The Syria Campaign did the most comprehensive deep dive into Syrian disinformation to date. We found that:
1. Lies Cost Lives: Disinformation has attempted to discredit war crimes evidence from frontline responders like @SyriaCivilDef & medics, & to justify their deliberate targeting & murder by Russian & Syrian forces. 296 volunteers have been killed in the line of duty since 2012.
LAUNCHED: Our report with @ISDglobal ‘#DeadlyDisinformation: How online conspiracies about Syria cause real-world harm’ reveals how the failure to stop lies spreading online about Syrian conflict has devastating impacts on people’s lives & govt's policies deadlydisinformation.org
The report reveals year-by-year Twitter data on the systematic & hateful #disinformation that targeted Syrian human rights defenders, @SyriaCivilDef, doctors & war crimes victims, sometimes endangering their lives- & how govt's & social media companies are failing to stop attacks
Despite a trove of evidence of torture, chemical weapons & the bombing of civilians by the Syrian regime & Russia, a small number of conspiracy theorists, aided and inspired by Russian disinformation, have managed to distort the facts & sow doubt among the public & policymakers
