A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
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A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
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Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#2"$50,000 - Discredit a journalist" wow.
Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#3It should be far more expensive to lie to me, otherwise that will continue to be the logical choice.
Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#4Link to the underlying report (PDF):
https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/white_papers/wp-fake...
I'm not clear on how effective such a campaign promises to be. But assuming that folks wouldn't pay if they couldn't get something out of it, what does this tell us about democracy? Do we need to throw out either democracy or freedom of speech?
Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#5Link to the underlying report (PDF): https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/white_papers/wp-fake... I'm not clear on how effective such a campaign promises to be. But assuming that folks wouldn't pay if they couldn't get something out of it, what does this tell us about democracy? Do we need to throw out either democracy or freedom of speech?
You need a more engaged and educated electorate.
Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#6Link to the underlying report (PDF): https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/white_papers/wp-fake... I'm not clear on how effective such a campaign promises to be. But assuming that folks wouldn't pay if they couldn't get something out of it, what does this tell us about democracy? Do we need to throw out either democracy or freedom of speech?
You need a more engaged and educated electorate.
I think engagement is part of the problem - many people are very eager to spot "gotchas!" of their opponents, rather than taking a more broad and measured view.
And educational achievement doesn't seem to be any barrier to the acceptance of bogus news - even being a leader in one field doesn't make you immune to disinformation from an unrelated quarter, and in fact we see this every day.
Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
You need a more engaged and educated electorate.
I think engagement is part of the problem - many people are very eager to spot "gotchas!" of their opponents, rather than taking a more broad and measured view. And educational achievement doesn't seem to be any barrier to the acceptance of bogus news - even being a leader in one field doesn't make you immune to disinformation from an unrelated quarter, and in fact we see this every day.
I assume education would encompass critical thinking, allowing for the neutral evaluation of multiple sides of an issue, and a critical eye toward the veracity of facts and news consumed.
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#8I have said for many years now that before anyone can vote they need to take a test. It's a dead simple 5 question T/F test. And you only have to get 3 right to vote.
Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#9I have said for many years now that before anyone can vote they need to take a test. It's a dead simple 5 question T/F test. And you only have to get 3 right to vote.
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Re: A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
#10I have said for many years now that before anyone can vote they need to take a test. It's a dead simple 5 question T/F test. And you only have to get 3 right to vote.
This has been done many times before, to allow only the 'right' people to vote. Its been made illegal for a reason.