Impact of Russian disinformation:
How does it affect our societies and political leadership? #Ukraine 🧵
Politicians care about public opinion ----> they want to get elected or re-elected...if you are able to influence public opinion, you influence political decisions.
How does it affect our societies and political leadership? #Ukraine 🧵
Politicians care about public opinion ----> they want to get elected or re-elected...if you are able to influence public opinion, you influence political decisions.
Russian disinfo (like the denial of war crimes) leads to a lack of empathy with Ukrainians ---> means less pressure on politicians to help Ukraine.
Disinfo-infected people pressure on politicians to support Ukraine less or even normalize relations with Russia.
Disinfo-infected people pressure on politicians to support Ukraine less or even normalize relations with Russia.
Our democratic societies are based on freedom of speech, which makes them vulnerable to disinformation campaigns.
We are almost not prepared: There is not enough awareness about Russian disinformation, even if we know about it since decades...
We are almost not prepared: There is not enough awareness about Russian disinformation, even if we know about it since decades...
Politicians (and their staff) are also influenced by Russian disinformation and propaganda.
Sometimes it serves their ideology or strategic interests, in other cases, lack of specific knowledge makes them less resilient against false information spread by the Kremlin.
Sometimes it serves their ideology or strategic interests, in other cases, lack of specific knowledge makes them less resilient against false information spread by the Kremlin.
Journalists: Unfortunately, Russian narratives are very often spread by Western media as "one possible version" of events. We need to speak about #FalseEquivalence
Hosts of Western talk-shows are often not able to debunk fake-information by their guests accurately.
Hosts of Western talk-shows are often not able to debunk fake-information by their guests accurately.
Russian disinformation is not always blunt, obviously absurd or easy to debunk: Some narratives can be absorbed by educated and influential people: Those are the most dangerous and viral ones.
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