Lies kill. Propaganda enables violence. It's good news that 175 civil society organizations around the world are now working on disinformation. How can we counter it? 1/
My preferred strategy is to "expose the device": rather than refute the lie, talk about the reason the lie exists. Expose the manipulation process, rather than fight the specific manipulation. 2/
Don't: share, retweet or reply to falsehood-filled posts. First impressions matter: people remember the lie more than the refutation, and every propagandist knows that with repetition comes familiarity. Sharing also feeds social media algorithms that reward engagement. 3/
For more on this: lucid.substack.com/p/how-to-push-… 4/FIN
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