Researchers analyzed more than 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada and found that 87 per cent of conspiratorial claims come from influencers, with just 100 users responsible for nearly 70 per cent of online conspiracy claims. Users on Elon Musk’s X were the biggest culprits.
      • vogo13@sh.itjust.works
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        7 hours ago

        I’ve been advocating this for quite a while. I’m honestly confused as to what Canadians are doing and it seems their words are not matching the actions. “Perfect is the enemy of good” they say, which allows them to be complacent and utilize things like social media en-masse, even though the delete button is free and will actually clear your mind to disconnect from those platforms. Please tell me honestly, for example is LinkedIn still expected for tech/adjacent workers in Canada? These are plain and simply propaganda platforms, they are all designed to manipulate minds in precisely the way Orwell or Huxley had predicted. Including dating platforms.

        “When you believe a lie for too long, the truth doesn’t set you free. It tears you apart.”