A study commissioned by the European Commission found that “the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.”

X’s failure to slow the spread of disinformation on the Internet would have violated E.U. social media law, had it been in effect

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    • Storksforlegs@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No, disinformation is a definitely thing. Its a cheap and easy way to weaken democratic societies.

      While the mainstream media definitely have a bias and tend to de-emphasize certain stories, (that are anti-capitalist, mostly) to say disinformation isnt real, or to say stories (like “russiagate”) get labelled as disinformation only because “they dont want you to know the truth” … that is in fact disinformation. Im sorry.