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Tomorrow evening we have a big paper coming out on bushfires in Australia.
I’ll tweet a summary of the new work once the embargo lifts, but first here is a thread about the backstory:
I’ll tweet a summary of the new work once the embargo lifts, but first here is a thread about the backstory:
The backstory began for me on Christmas Eve of 2019, when I was approached by @sciam to write an opinion piece on the link between climate change and the bushfires that had been ravaging Australia for months.
The @sciam piece was published on New Years Eve as the fire crisis in Australia escalated.
Research has since shown that during this period the fires had an atmospheric impact equivalent to a moderate volcanic eruption.
[Image: ESA Sentinal-2, 31/12/2019]
Research has since shown that during this period the fires had an atmospheric impact equivalent to a moderate volcanic eruption.
[Image: ESA Sentinal-2, 31/12/2019]
Fascinating #MediaWatch tonight about the bots and trolls artificially driving up anti-Andrews sentiment (#DictatorDan) on social media. If you missed it, please watch it. Gives a great understanding of why there are a lot less critics of Andrews than it seems.
#MediaWatch reported that many of the same accounts artificially driving up anti-Andrews sentiment were the same accounts falsely spreading #ArsonEmergency during the bushfire crisis early this year. Nasty disinformation campaigns from very nasty people.
There is a very distinct possibility that there are people in Australia paying to undermine Australian democracy. Those people may have potential links to the Liberal Party (as covered last week).
A researcher at QUT has analysed the tweets on the climate denial traitor hashtag #ArsonEmergency and has found what looks to be a coordinated misinformation campaign because of the high proportion of bots. But what about the ‘real’ accounts spreading these lies? A thread👇🏻
Here is the article about the suspected bot campaign:
zdnet.com/article/twitte…
Surely @twitter needs to take some responsibility for the orchestrated spreading of dangerous misinformation on their platform? How do these bots continue to be so easily propagated?
zdnet.com/article/twitte…
Surely @twitter needs to take some responsibility for the orchestrated spreading of dangerous misinformation on their platform? How do these bots continue to be so easily propagated?
I also looked at accounts with large numbers of followers - more than bots could have - to see what and why they’re spreading arson lies. Since I didn’t come up with any ideas (I can’t work out whether it’s stupidity or menace) I thought I’d just tag the accounts for comment.
