Report finds over a quarter of Canadians exposed to ‘more sophisticated and more politically polarizing’ fake content
  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    One that I’ve seen being pushed both by the far right and the left is the lie about Mark Carney been seen with Ghislaine Maxwell.

    It’s a total fabrication with photoshop and AI.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    By the time the average adult realizes that big tech and social media are the primary attack vector criminals and oligarchs are using to spread disinformation and propaganda — that surveillance capitalism is the driving force behind support for the far right and fascism — we’ll all be living in corporate-feudalist ruled authoritarian dictatorships.

    • grey_maniac@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      I’m not confident the average adult will ever realize it. It’s a horrible thought to me, but for the average US lower- or middle-class worker drone, how much would their actual daily life change?

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Less rights less protections. But well people care. These oligarchs think there is to much in their way of doing greatness