Both halves of this headline are important, but as a U.S. social media user, the second is particularly interesting to me. [GIFT LINK] nytimes.com/2025/09/07/busin…

Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance (Gift Article)

The Kremlin has begun a campaign to sway the parliamentary election in Moldova in what could become a new model of election interference online.

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2/ It is quite tough to get accurate estimates on the % of content on social media that's fake, because the pool of info constantly shifts. It's like measuring the level of a stream - I can give you an average number over time, but that might not tell you about individual floods.
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3/ For folks holding out here, I imagine you know it's quite a lot. Good research has shown that few accounts create most fake news, which suggests coordinated efforts. Governments influencing the information stream for enemies is a old strategy and social media makes it easy.

Sep 10, 2025 · 10:42 AM UTC

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4/ This is an older clip, but I found it quite impactful in explaining some of how this works. Be careful out there. piped.video/watch?v=OauLuWXD…

Russian Thinkfluencers | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS

Trump says Russia isn't influencing our election, and so do these Russian trolls who are being paid to influence our election.

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