Link 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?
A 12-Month Campaign of Fake News to Influence Elections Costs $400K
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#12Earlier 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.
If they can't name more than one or two key people how involved are they?
Involvement is larger more complex issue. (So is education, but I am not touching that one for now)
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#13I 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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#14I 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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#16I 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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#17I 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.
Would you protect their vote? Or are they subhuman and not allowed to take part in democracy?
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#18"$50,000 - Discredit a journalist" wow.
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#19How laudable that the propaganda for hire industry is so multicultural.
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#20I 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.
What would happen to people with a learning disability? Would you protect their vote? Or are they subhuman and not allowed to take part in democracy?