This week's comic is about how easily conventional wisdom gets turned on its head by bad faith actors, especially in a media environment lacking responsible editors.

#health #science #food #consumers #media #disinformation

This week's comic is about how easily conventional wisdom gets turned on its head by bad faith actors, especially in a media environment lacking responsible editors.

#health #science #food #consumers #media #disinformation

Australia's spy chief has warned anti-immigration rallies are being exploited by neo-Nazi groups and "Russian operatives" to sow discord. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/asia-pacific/politics/australia-spy-state-sanctioned-trolls/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia #russia #disinformation #extremism #trolls

"On Friday, Fox News published an article with the headline 'SNAP Beneficiaries Threaten to Ransack Stores Over Government Shutdown.' The piece, written by Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi and filed under the site’s 'cultural trends' section, featured quotes from several Black women complaining about losing their food stamp benefits."

~ Parker Molloy

#SNAP #FoxNews #AI #disinformation #FakeNews #racism
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https://www.readtpa.com/p/fox-news-ran-ai-generated-racist

"The videos Fox News presented as evidence of actual SNAP recipients threatening to loot stores were created using tools like OpenAI’s Sora, complete with watermarks that Fox’s screenshots attempted to blur out. Fox News didn’t interview anyone. They didn’t verify that these people were real. They found videos on social media that confirmed every racist stereotype about Black women on public assistance, and they ran with it."

#SNAP #FoxNews #AI #disinformation #FakeNews #racism
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"One woman, the article reported, said she had 'seven different baby daddies and none of ‘em no good for me.' Another declared: 'It is the taxpayer’s responsibility to take care of my kids.'

There’s just one problem: these women don’t exist. They’re AI-generated."

#SNAP #FoxNews #AI #disinformation #FakeNews #racism
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"On Friday, Fox News published an article with the headline 'SNAP Beneficiaries Threaten to Ransack Stores Over Government Shutdown.' The piece, written by Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi and filed under the site’s 'cultural trends' section, featured quotes from several Black women complaining about losing their food stamp benefits."

~ Parker Molloy

#SNAP #FoxNews #AI #disinformation #FakeNews #racism
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https://www.readtpa.com/p/fox-news-ran-ai-generated-racist

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 53:

Thank you very much to our special guests @MediaRevolution & @Caspar

#Media #News #DisInformation #Menticide

#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/41SCAYrXJfCSgqv2ix8B7S
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/media-revolution-liz-and-caspar-livestream-2025-10-31

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#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree

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This picture has been viewed 21 million times on Musk's #disinformation platform. It appears to show JD Vance intimitly hugging Erika Kirk who is standing on the casket of her late husband, right wing debater Charlie Kirk.

If you look carefully at the shadow they cast, you may realize this is not real. But if you casualty scroll past this, you just subconsciously store the idea that they are having an affair — all because Elon Musk does not want to moderate his platform.

This is sickening.

Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 53:

Thank you very much to our special guests @MediaRevolution & @Caspar

#Media #News #DisInformation #Menticide

#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/41SCAYrXJfCSgqv2ix8B7S
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/media-revolution-liz-and-caspar-livestream-2025-10-31

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#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree

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Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 53 starts NOW!

Special Guest: @MediaRevolution & @Caspar

#Media #News #DisInformation #Mentacide

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Yours truly's recent interview in Khabar Lahariya on gendered #disinformation in India.

https://khabarlahariya.org/gendered-realities-responding-to-misinformation/

#interview #gender

Yours truly's recent interview in Khabar Lahariya on gendered #disinformation in India.

https://khabarlahariya.org/gendered-realities-responding-to-misinformation/

#interview #gender

"The federal agencies that survived Elon Musk’s wrecking ball are now captured by the echo chamber of his social media platform, with cabinet secretaries staring furiously into a digital funhouse mirror to divine the will of the most internet-addled members of the MAGA base. ...

The shit was supposed to be a weapon … but today it’s the stream that carries the GOP forward."

#Trump #Republicans #ConspiracyTheories #fascism #authoritarianism #disinformation #media #sanewashing
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"The nature of lies in MAGA-world has changed, too. We’re a long way from 'covfefe' and tumescent hurricanes Sharpied on a weather map. This is an era of lies as policy, where government priorities are based on right-wing conspiracy theories and fear-mongering."

~ Liz Dye

And the media's response?

#Trump #Republicans #ConspiracyTheories #fascism #authoritarianism #disinformation #media #sanewashing
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-tylenol-autism-lawsuit-texas