Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumSustained Disinformation Targets 2020 Democrats
A Politico review of recent data extracted from Twitter and from other platforms, as well as interviews with data scientists and digital campaign strategists, suggests that the goal of the coordinated barrage appears to be undermining the nascent candidacies through the dissemination of memes, hashtags, misinformation, and distortions of their positions. But the divisive nature of many of the posts also hint at a broader effort to sow discord and chaos within the Democratic presidential primary.
The cyber propaganda which frequently picks at the rawest, most sensitive issues in public discourse is being pushed across a variety of platforms and with a more insidious approach than in the 2016 presidential election
Over a recent 30-day period, between 2 and 15 percent of all Twitter mentions of the four candidates emanated in some way from within that cluster of [roughly 200] accounts.
https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/20/sustained-disinformation-campaign-targets-2020-democrats/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,596 posts)You could avoid it except for how it affected the MSM. Now it's everywhere and brainwashes people who normally wouldn't pay any attention to it, it's disguised as something else.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(45,120 posts)over and over.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided