Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.

The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.

ft.com/content/743c1dec-0c5c-4…

#tech #canada #cdnpoli #twitter #x #elonmusk #misinformation #cdnelxn #cdnelection

Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election

FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney

^{Joel Suss (Financial Times)}

I'm not surprised if such things did happen. But I am not inclined to believe this (or any) particular narrative in the absence of proof.

Let's avoid the messy thinking the "others" engage in -- it is an iterative loop from which we must break free!

#criticalthinking #socialmedia #misinformation

Sorry to hear of Zuckerberg's passing. They say 'never speak ill of the dead' but his cosying up to Trump was unforgiveable not to mention his complicity in the spread of harmful disinformation.

#Zuckerberg #Meta #Trump #Facebook #Altright #misinformation #USpolitics

Es wird wohl Zeit für den #MetaExit. 😞

Letzte Woche:

mastodon.online/@tinoeberl/113…

Diese Woche:
"Wir werden [...] die freie Meinungsäußerung auf unseren Plattformen wiederherstellen", sagte #Zuckerberg.

Meta stellt den #Faktencheck in den #USA ein: Künftig sollen Nutzer selbst Inhalte kommentieren und bewerten – ähnlich wie bei den Community Notes von X.

zeit.de/digital/2025-01/meta-f…

#Desinformation #Misinformation #Fakenews #Migration #SocialMedia

Meta: Mark Zuckerberg kündigt Ende von Faktenchecks an

"Zu den Wurzeln zurück": Meta-Gründer Mark Zuckerberg hat das Ende des Faktenchecks auf Plattformen des Konzerns angekündigt. Nun sollen die Nutzer verantwortlich sein.

^{Sarah Kohler (ZEIT ONLINE)}