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Dealing with the demons of disinformation

In a world of growing epistemic insecurity, members of the media need to step up in defense of the truth. But technology may also have a role in saving the day.

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Stoking division: How Putin is helping the rise of the right

The rise of the far right in Russia is deeply concerning for the global community. Is it organic, or is it covered with the dirty fingerprints of Vladimir Putin?

How Russia is waging war...on me

How Russia is waging war...on me

As the war in Ukraine rages on, Russia's war efforts are not restricted to battlefields of Bakhmut. Instead, they stretch across the internet. And through my support of the truth in the Ukraine war, I have managed to find myself in their sights.

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The Blue Check debacle rears its ugly head—again

OnlySky has previously reported on the controversial decisions of Elon Musk in his acquisition of Twitter, including the situation of the "blue checkmarks" or "blue ticks." It appears that Musk hasn't learned and is keen to double down on bad ideas. Traditionally, blue checks

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Can Putin, locked in a bubble of bad intel, spin his way out of disaster?

Colonel General Gennady Zhidko is being reappointed to command Russia's Eastern Military District. One pro-Russian Telegram user has claimed that the general and others have created "a wall of lies...a sea of blood and a swamp of corpses." That wall of lies has for many

The poisoned church: When pastors use their pulpits to spread disinformation

As we see the world becoming victim to the effects of misinformation and disinformation of authoritarian political agents, it is worth remembering that this is also happening closer to home in our local churches. I was reading an article in Atlantic magazine last night about an Evangelical church in Brighton,

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When Russian propaganda goes hilariously wrong

Russian propaganda is no laughing matter. It's keeping almost an entire nation under its spell, inoculated from the truth with a constant provision of carefully curated narrative disinformation. The vast majority of Russian citizens appear to be unwittingly sucked in. Whether there are those who have seeds of

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What we learned when Fox News viewers were paid to watch CNN

Fox News isn't just a news network or part of a larger media and entertainment umbrella. It is a lifestyle, a political worldview, a cult. This bubble or better, cage, is where Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity are the sect leaders, manipulating and cajoling, provoking and controlling. And

Covid Vaccine Misinformation and Trolls

Cath Olic, our resident Catholic troll commenter appears to be anti-vaccine but pro-livestock deworming medication. He sure has an odd preference in what chemicals he whacks in his body. Of course, this has nothing to do with science, and everything to do with whatever source of disinformation he likes to

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On Refusing Epistemic Interaction: Dealing with People Who Won't Accept Facts

I recently produced a piece or two on the ontology of abstracts and the epistemic barrier. But let's now get psychological. Go read them for the foundation. One thing that came up in conversation between two commenters is the idea of interacting with people who do not want

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The Sad Reality of (Right-Wing) Disinformation

The reaction of this woman in this fascinating video is so depressing... It is uncontrolled confirmation bias, backfire effect and cognitive dissonance all rolled into one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQO9upB7kx8& I'm not sure you can actually do anything about this because every action you