Fake, misleading social media posts exploding globally, Oxford study finds

[rangerrebew]

Fake, misleading social media posts exploding globally, Oxford study finds

By Greg Gordon
 

July 20, 2018 06:00 AM

Updated July 19, 2018 05:34 PM
 

Russia’s social media blitz to influence the 2016 U.S. election was part of a global “phenomenon” in which a broad spectrum of governments and political parties used Internet platforms to spread junk news and disinformation in at least 48 countries last year, an Oxford University study has found.

Including U.S. government programs aimed at countering extremists such as Islamic fundamentalists, about $500 million has been spent worldwide on research, development or implementation of social media “psychological operations” since 2010, the authors estimated.

Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article215188910.html#storylink=cpy

[dfwgator]

Guess we need a "Central Scrutinizer" to review all social media activity.

[Wingnut]

Guess we need a "Central Scrutinizer" to review all social media activity.

It will be his responsibility to enforce all the laws that haven't been passed yet.
It is also his responsibility to alert each and every one of you too the potential consequences of various ordinary everyday activities you might be performing which could eventually lead to the death penalty - or affect your parents' credit rating...

[skeeter]

Guess we need a "Central Scrutinizer" to review all social media activity.

Yeah. Wait for it...

[Concerned]

And I'd hope that any true law and order patriots would support efforts to expose any "fake, misleading" "social media blitzes" by Russia and/or anyone else: 

Russia’s 2016 stealthy social media campaign was part of a broad cyber offensive that U.S. intelligence agencies say was aimed at helping Donald Trump win the White House. It originated at a so-called “troll farm” in St. Petersburg, where Russian operatives, a number of whom now face U.S. criminal charges, allegedly placed Facebook and Twitter ads carrying fake or harshly critical news about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton or aimed at sowing divisions among voters on issues such as race, gun rights and immigration. The impact of some of those ads was amplified via automated messages, known as “bots,” that reached millions of Americans.

From the link from the OP.