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Online propagandists know that it’s their audience that matters most
Richard Fern is a media lecturer at Swansea University in Wales. Social media trolls who successfully whip up their followers with hateful propaganda have created communities that will believe everything they say, no matter how untrue their messages are. The frightening scenes of far-right extremists clashing with police and even rioting in British towns and cities in recent days have many wondering how to stop the spread of the propaganda that encourages racism, violence and misogyny.
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Tal vez muchos ciudadanos nos estamos haciendo mayores –por no decir con más propiedad, “viejos”–. Pero la percepción de lo que entendemos de lo que está pasando en el mundo, nos deja perplejos. Y algunos comenzamos a intuir que, tal vez, vivimos –o emergemos en la sociedad digital– a un mundo en que parece que “la verdad no importa”.
Riots in the UK: online propagandists know how to work their audiences - this is what we are missing
The tough truth is that in seeking to fact check misinformation and force social media companies to remove hateful content, we are doing it wrong. Another message will simply pop up in place of each that is removed. The people who plant propaganda are far more advanced in their methods than the people trying to stop them. They are not thinking about messages but about audience. Hate is clickbait. And social media algorithms put it on steroids.
UK far-right violence shows why the audience of dangerous propaganda should be in focus
The frightening scenes of far-right extremists clashing with police and even rioting in British towns and cities in recent days have many wondering how to stop the spread of the propaganda that encourages racism, violence and misogyny. The tough truth is that in seeking to fact check misinformation and force social media companies to remove hateful content, we are doing it wrong. Another message will simply pop up in place of each that is removed.
Disturbios xenófobos en el Reino Unido: ¿cómo combatir los falsos rumores y el odio en internet?
Las espeluznantes escenas de enfrentamientos violentos entre extremistas de derechas y la policía que han tenido lugar en varias ciudades británicas en los últimos días nos han llevado a muchos a preguntarnos cómo podemos detener la difusión de información falsa que fomenta el racismo, la violencia y la misoginia. La cruel verdad es que, si intentamos verificar la información y obligar a las plataformas a eliminar los contenidos que incitan al odio, vamos por mal camino. No funcionará.
Émeutes xénophobes au Royaume-Uni : comment lutter contre les fausses rumeurs et la haine en ligne ?
Les scènes effrayantes d’affrontements violents entre des extrémistes de droite et la police qui se sont déroulées ces derniers jours dans des villes britanniques poussent un certain nombre d’entre nous à nous interroger sur les moyens d’arrêter la propagation de fausses informations qui attisent le racisme, la violence et la misogynie. La cruelle vérité, c’est qu’en voulant vérifier les informations et forcer les plates-formes à supprimer les contenus haineux, nous faisons fausse route.
Riots in the UK: online propagandists know how to work their audiences - this is what we are missing Original
The frightening scenes of far-right extremists clashing with police and even rioting in British towns and cities in recent days have many wondering how to stop the spread of the propaganda that encourages racism, violence and misogyny. The tough truth is that in seeking to fact check misinformation and force social media companies to remove hateful content, we are doing it wrong. Another message will simply pop up in place of each that is removed.
Riots in the UK: online propagandists know how to work their audiences - this is what we are missing
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