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Desinformation

Manipulation Techniques

Bullshit Communication & Bullshit Receptivity

Bullshit is a communication that is meant to seem meaningful and impressive but, at the same time, is unclarifiably unclarifiable. Used in science, politics, and many other domains.. Let’s have a
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Manipulation Techniques

Cui Bono – “Who Benefits?”

Cui bono is a Latin phrase that means “who benefits?”, and is used to suggest that there’s a high probability that those responsible for a certain event are the ones who
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Manipulation Techniques

FUD- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

FUD: (Fear, uncertainty, and doubt ) or the alternative of (Fear, uncertainty, and disinformation ), are a collection of mental states that influence people’s thinking in a variety of situations, and that
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Manipulation Techniques

Hypertrucage & Deepfake Phishing

With the growing popularity of malicious deepfakes, we are indeed living the emergence of a new generation of misinformation. Now that the deepfakesare becoming increasingly sophisticated and accessible allowing malicious individuals
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COVID-19

China’s Fictional Characters

With the rise of the COVID-19 Pandemic, various media outlets have reported on how Chinese media use invented people to spread misinformation and propaganda for their own interests. For example,
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Fact Checking Tips

Quick Fact-checking Tricks

While disinformation is rife and social media is amplifying stories and doubts about common facts whether in terms of the Corona pandemic, the Ukrainian war, climate change, etc. Here are
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