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Philipp Markolin, PhD

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The concerted effort to manipulate voters & sow or amplify divisions is obvious; conducted by ideologically aligned partisans, client propagandists, foreign influence operations and self-serving influencers & pundits on rightwing billionaire owned media and platforms

h/t to @pjacobs.bsky.social

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Philipp Markolin, PhD's avatar Philipp Markolin, PhD @philippmarkolin.bsky.social
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Disinformation and influence operations work best when there is a kernel of truth, when there is real friction or worries about let's say the age of a candidate. But the media distortion, misrepresentation and amplification of it serves to divide, paralyze and fracture, not solve, the issue

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