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Re:‘Contextualization Engines’ can fight misinformation with... by kodah on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:30PM (#26948427)
> Agree, it only becomes a conflict when some parties are deliberately weaponizing disinformation.

Agree, it only becomes a conflict when both major parties are deliberately weaponizing disinformation.

I think other commenters have warned about this. It's fairly easy to tell what political allegiances you have. Just understand that your parties spread a lot of disinformation as well. As an independent, it makes me cringe to watch liberals act like they aren't responsible for loads of disinformation, hyperbole, fear mongering, and misinformation too. Much less that it doesn't have Russian origins.

Re:‘Contextualization Engines’ can fight misinformation with... by toss1 on Monday April 26, 2021 @08:10PM (#26949988)
Funny how easy it is for assumptions to be wrong - I'm also IND, and I oppose disinformation from whatever side is the source, or none. IDGAF about the party.

Yes, RUS sources are the current major problem, as that 'govt' has been running an active measures campaign to undermine western democracies for close to two decades.

And those measures extend into both parties. They are specifically designed to maximize polarization, as polarization undermines democracy, and the assault on the truth makes everyone more malleable. People don't need to specifically buy into the dezinformatsiya (that's a mere bonus), the win is when people give up and say that the truth cannot be known, so disengage.

The fact is that one major party has fully bought into the active measures (and driven out those who don't go along), but the major wing of the other party is just as dependent on those measures, and that wing is also just as inclined towards authoritarianism if they get power.

The current fight is not between the parties, it is authoritarianism vs democracy.

Fighting dezinformatsiya is key to maintaining democracy and avoiding authoritarianism.

Re:‘Contextualization Engines’ can fight misinformation with... by kodah on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:51PM (#26950891)
I agree with all of the above. What I'll add is that I stopped using the "at-coneervatives" talking points exclusively and started including the "wing" of liberalism that engages in similar behavior. The problem is that it's not really a wing anymore, it's pop-culture and mainstream, or at least at the beginning stages of it. If you only address conservatives, you're doing those people a favor too.