ADL: Wikipedia bans several editors for spreading antisemitic rhetoric, misinformation on Gaza war

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3. This illustrates the problem inherent in so many people

getting their news and other information from social media.

These sorts of disinformation and misinformation campaigns go a long way to explaining what's going to happen tomorrow. Facebook, Tik Tok, X, and Wiki, all apparently have been swamped with nefarious posters whose job seems to be to spread as much hate and conspiracy shit as they can, or in the words of at least one prominent MAGA strategist, "to flood the zone with shit."

Good for Wiki for at last dealing with this--though it's been a problem for years now. Holocaust denial, "Lost Cause" racist revisionists trying to rewrite the history of the American Civil War, conspiracy crap about Covid, all have been rampant. You can see it in the comments sections of YouTube videos, where some posters push back against this garbage, while some content providers turn off their comments sections entirely.

With so much of our media--social and legacy--now in the hands of right wing billionaires, we face an uphill battle trying to work our way to having an informed electorate. Until then, expect Trump, MAGA, and oligarchs and tyrants around the world to ride this tide of bullshit for all its worth.