THIS is the type of highly misleading content @Facebook , @Twitter & @FoxNews need to act on MUCH more quickly:
Unsubstantiated claims of “vote stealing” conspiracies, shared on Lou Dobbs, are being amplified on social media.
Now with 1 million views, no context labels. 1/6
Unsubstantiated claims of “vote stealing” conspiracies, shared on Lou Dobbs, are being amplified on social media.
Now with 1 million views, no context labels. 1/6
Many claims in this video have been fact-checked, including by Facebook fact-checking partner @LeadStoriesCom, yet this video has garnered hundreds of thousands of views just today. 2/6
This is the new go-to tactic of misinfo: longer videos insinuating from half-truths that there has been a mass conspiracy are everywhere.
It’s meant to sow distrust, avoiding fact-checking long enough as videos go viral faster = conspiracy believed before it can be debunked. 3/7
It’s meant to sow distrust, avoiding fact-checking long enough as videos go viral faster = conspiracy believed before it can be debunked. 3/7
The making a #MountainOutOfMoleHill tactic is also used in this video to confuse and mislead Americans about the integrity of election. The speakers are not asked to substantiate their claims, but are nudged forward.
Social media than helps amplify this massively because ...4/7
Social media than helps amplify this massively because ...4/7
a) Certain pages and groups share it in a coordinated way.
b) Platforms have not done enough to demote repeat misinformers (one of the pages that amplified this on FB to 100k views had been reported by us to the platform many times this year - yet still gets away with it ” 5/7
b) Platforms have not done enough to demote repeat misinformers (one of the pages that amplified this on FB to 100k views had been reported by us to the platform many times this year - yet still gets away with it ” 5/7
Again, misinformation is one of the biggest threats to the stability of our democracy & to a healthy and free political debate in our country.
Platforms and news outlets must do more on this front before these false claims lead to confusion, fear, and violence 6/7
Platforms and news outlets must do more on this front before these false claims lead to confusion, fear, and violence 6/7
As Americans we have every right to pursue legal processes to challenge a vote count & EVEN to share unsubstantiated conspiracies.
However, this type of amplified misinformation now is like yelling fire in a crowded theatre.
+ Freedom of speech does NOT = freedom of reach. 7
However, this type of amplified misinformation now is like yelling fire in a crowded theatre.
+ Freedom of speech does NOT = freedom of reach. 7
And social media platforms, with their toxic algorithms and rabbit holes can truly radicalize their users, often even to violence, with these types of lies and the poisonous one-sided info ecosystem they create.
That’s why urgent action is needed now. 8/8
That’s why urgent action is needed now. 8/8
P.S. The wonderful @2020Partnership, as well as the unstoppable @JaneLytv have fact-checked dozens and dozens of these false claims.
I recommend following them - they are at the frontlines of defending our democracy in this digital age.
I recommend following them - they are at the frontlines of defending our democracy in this digital age.
https://twitter.com/2020Partnership/status/1325154883192852482
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