This is an interesting thread, but I just want to add that I wish we could stop separating out "digital" from other forms of deception. The OP touches on this upthread, but the difference in digital is mostly a matter of scaling and vectors. Important to understand, yes, but+
digital deception and misinformation works in part because people have been primed by slanted coverage and pundit spin on television, by bombast on talk radio. Lies and corruption have been accepted as part of politics.
To stop digital deception we need to condemn other forms as well. If we act like this worse (and not just faster or more widespread) because it happens on that social media thing all the kids are doing, we are badly missing the point. #Infomocracy
