Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’
Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’
A third of Americans have fallen for Russian disinformation as well as other false online claims about health, elections and international conflict.
Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats and 29.5% of people who didn't identify with one particular party.
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Not only Americans. This is a global problem...
But it's amplified in countries with undemocratic election systems, like first past the post. You just need a plurality of morons to fuck it up for everybody else.
True. But even in a state with a good election system the right wing nuts are on the rise.
thats why right wingers in european countries are gaining so much ground at the same time, muska nd putin is pushing the propagandas.
Yes. That's why i said amplified.
The US rarely exports its bright ideas at the rate of the shittiest ones...
To be honest, this is not directly caused by the US. Reason for this is propaganda/misinformation by states like Russia and China and (a)social media like Twitter, Facebook, TikTok,...
I would definitely count the US as part of the misinformation sources.
TBH, I could list 5 lies the US and Russia is spreading online, not sure what China is trying to make us believe.
That's also a big contributing factor, that's true.