There is no such thing as “disinformation”. There is merely information the Government/Media machine disagree with.
The only people who ever blather on about “disinformation” are authoritarian wanna bees who hold the principals of how democracy works in contempt
“Without policies in place that moderate for content and without enough content moderators to actually do the moderating, it makes it more possible for bad actors to increase abuse online and offline,” Lang-Maso said. “Platforms are really abdicating the responsibility to users.”(emphasis added)
In other words, we can’t control the little people without “moderators.” Btw, Ms Lang-Maso graduated from Brown in 2020, where she was the President of Brown College Democrats and the Membership Director of the College Democrats of Rhode Island, so she’s hardly a sage or unbiased.
Republican politicians and activists responded to the wave of disinformation in 2020 by targeting the researchers, universities, tech companies and journalists who pointed it out. Using social media campaigns, the courts and congressional committees, far-right critics have aired unfounded accusations that efforts to curtail disinformation around the election and the pandemic were part of a plot to censor conservatives. Some researchers said those partisan campaigns, which have included burdensome information requests and threats of reputational and legal harm to institutions, have had a chilling effect on new research going into 2024.
In other words, self-defense really does act as a deterrent.
The direct effect of disinformation might not be as high as we think it is,” said Joshua Tucker, co-director of New York University’s Center for Social Media and Politics, referring to voting preferences. “But the indirect effect is people losing confidence in journalism, losing confidence that there’s an objective truth out there, and believing that anything could be disinformation.” (Emphasis added)
Ahhhh…at last….we see the whole point of this concern-propaganda - they're afraid because more people simply ignore them as they jump up and down and flap their arms.
Thank you, Brandy for slipping up. I’m glad you’re disheartened. We are looking forward to your next screed.