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Wasn't sure where to put this, but we need a thread for the wing nuts. Lauren Boebert.
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Yep. Don't buy service from T-Mobile and definitely won't be now.
Yeah I noticed that too. Won’t be getting my business, not likely they would anyway. My son might be on T Mobile, not sure. If he is he won’t be happy.
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Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media than politicians from mainstream or far-left parties, according to a study which argues that amplifying misinformation is now part and parcel of radical right strategy.
“Radical right populists are using misinformation as a tool to destabilise democracies and gain political advantage,” said Petter Törnberg of the University of Amsterdam, a co-author of the study with Juliana Chueri of the Dutch capital’s Free University.
“The findings underscore the urgent need for policymakers, researchers, and the public to understand and address the intertwined dynamics of misinformation and radical right populism,” Törnberg added.
The research draws on every tweet posted between 2017 and 2022 by every member of parliament with a Twitter (now X) account in 26 countries: 17 EU members including Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, but also the UK, US and Australia.
It then compared that dataset – 32m tweets from 8,198 MPs – with international political science databases containing detailed information on the parties involved, such as their position on the left-right spectrum and their degree of populism.
Finally, the researchers scraped factchecking and fake news-tracking services to build a dataset of 646,058 URLs, each with an associated “factuality rating” based on the reliability of its source – and compared that data with the 18m URLs shared by the MPs.
By crunching all the different datasets together, the researchers were able to create what they described as an aggregate “factuality score” for each politician and each party, based on the links that MPs had shared on Twitter.
The data showed conclusively that far-right populism was “the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation”, they concluded, with MPs from centre-right, centre-left and far-left populist parties “not linked” to the practice……..
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“Radical right populists are using misinformation as a tool to destabilise democracies and gain political advantage,” said Petter Törnberg of the University of Amsterdam, a co-author of the study with Juliana Chueri of the Dutch capital’s Free University.
“The findings underscore the urgent need for policymakers, researchers, and the public to understand and address the intertwined dynamics of misinformation and radical right populism,” Törnberg added.
The research draws on every tweet posted between 2017 and 2022 by every member of parliament with a Twitter (now X) account in 26 countries: 17 EU members including Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, but also the UK, US and Australia.
It then compared that dataset – 32m tweets from 8,198 MPs – with international political science databases containing detailed information on the parties involved, such as their position on the left-right spectrum and their degree of populism.
Finally, the researchers scraped factchecking and fake news-tracking services to build a dataset of 646,058 URLs, each with an associated “factuality rating” based on the reliability of its source – and compared that data with the 18m URLs shared by the MPs.
By crunching all the different datasets together, the researchers were able to create what they described as an aggregate “factuality score” for each politician and each party, based on the links that MPs had shared on Twitter.
The data showed conclusively that far-right populism was “the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation”, they concluded, with MPs from centre-right, centre-left and far-left populist parties “not linked” to the practice……..
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries
And this surprises us why?Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media than politicians from mainstream or far-left parties, according to a study which argues that amplifying misinformation is now part and parcel of radical right strategy.
“Radical right populists are using misinformation as a tool to destabilise democracies and gain political advantage,” said Petter Törnberg of the University of Amsterdam, a co-author of the study with Juliana Chueri of the Dutch capital’s Free University.
“The findings underscore the urgent need for policymakers, researchers, and the public to understand and address the intertwined dynamics of misinformation and radical right populism,” Törnberg added.
The research draws on every tweet posted between 2017 and 2022 by every member of parliament with a Twitter (now X) account in 26 countries: 17 EU members including Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, but also the UK, US and Australia.
It then compared that dataset – 32m tweets from 8,198 MPs – with international political science databases containing detailed information on the parties involved, such as their position on the left-right spectrum and their degree of populism.
Finally, the researchers scraped factchecking and fake news-tracking services to build a dataset of 646,058 URLs, each with an associated “factuality rating” based on the reliability of its source – and compared that data with the 18m URLs shared by the MPs.
By crunching all the different datasets together, the researchers were able to create what they described as an aggregate “factuality score” for each politician and each party, based on the links that MPs had shared on Twitter.
The data showed conclusively that far-right populism was “the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation”, they concluded, with MPs from centre-right, centre-left and far-left populist parties “not linked” to the practice……..
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries
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Not a surprise but nice to have a study to point to when someone says “both sides lie!”
Oh, dear. Perhaps JD’s azz kissing wasn’t good enough.
Trump declines to endorse JD Vance for 2028 but says his VP is 'very capable'
President Trump thinks 'a lot of capable people' could be the Republican standard bearer in 2028 as early speculation begins on a successor.
www.usatoday.com
So T-Mobile using Starlink satellites as a satellite phone service when you’re located in a no cell phone service area is a bad thing?
It’s because he thinks he will still be president. He thinks he can bully people into letting him run again, or by then he will have amped up the crazy enough that massive protests break out, and he will declare martial law.Oh, dear. Perhaps JD’s azz kissing wasn’t good enough.
Trump declines to endorse JD Vance for 2028 but says his VP is 'very capable'
President Trump thinks 'a lot of capable people' could be the Republican standard bearer in 2028 as early speculation begins on a successor.www.usatoday.com
He doesn’t intend to hand over the torch to anyone, IMO.
Look into how Musk conducts StarLink, and then get back to us. Yes, it’s a bad thing.
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Sounds like getting a “meets expectations” or “adequate” on your performance reviewOh, dear. Perhaps JD’s azz kissing wasn’t good enough.
Trump declines to endorse JD Vance for 2028 but says his VP is 'very capable'
President Trump thinks 'a lot of capable people' could be the Republican standard bearer in 2028 as early speculation begins on a successor.www.usatoday.com
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Considering Musk’s previous attempts to screw Ukraine by turning off Starlink, which they had already paid for, not to mention aiding Russian troops on the ground, I'm not thrilled with T-mobile doing this partnership and probably will switch carriers next month because of it.
Nah, anything involving Eloon has great potential to be a bad thing.
It wasn’t only Ukraine either. I cannot remember which other nation he did it to, but there was another case where he turned off StarLink to punish a country that did something he didn’t like.
Also, he peddled StarLink in NC after the devastating floods but charged them a premium if they wanted to sign up, IIRC. And acted like he was being generous, when it was FEMA footing the bill.
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The Stupid is strong with her, congressional Republicans should be proud.
When did he turn off Starlink in the Ukraine?
When he found out they were using it to hit Russian targets.
Easily found with a 10 second Google.
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I guess you haven't been in the Ukraine-Russia conflict thread because it was discussed extensively there.
Musk is a traitor and a Russian sympathizer if not worse. I can't say what I really think about Musk without losing my posting privileges.
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