The Disinformation Business is Booming

[rangerrebew]

 The Disinformation Business is Booming

Other nations can learn from South Korea, which has been on the forefront of online disinfo.
By K. Hazel Kwon
Associate Professor, Arizona State University
November 15, 2021 03:22 PM ET
 

Disinformation, the practice of blending real and fake information with the goal of duping a government or influencing public opinion, has its origins in the Soviet Union. But disinformation is no longer the exclusive domain of government intelligence agencies.

Today’s disinformation scene has evolved into a marketplace in which services are contracted, laborers are paid and shameless opinions and fake readers are bought and sold. This industry is emerging around the world. Some of the private-sector players are driven by political motives, some by profit and others by a mix of the two.

Public relations firms have recruited social media influencers in France and Germany to spread falsehoods. Politicians have hired staff to create fake Facebook accounts in Honduras. And Kenyan Twitter influencers are paid 15 times more than many people make in a day for promoting political hashtags. Researchers at the University of Oxford have tracked government-sponsored disinformation activities in 81 countries and private-sector disinformation operations in 48 countries.

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/11/disinformation-business-booming/186845/

[rangerrebew]

Then there is disinformation, Biden style.  His statements may or may not be true or even grounded in some kind of reality.  His disinformation must be extremely hard to decipher.

[skeeter]

This article can be summarized as believe what we say, not what they say.