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Personal Attacks as a Disinformation Tool

In the sphere of disinformation, personal attacks emerge as a powerful and insidious tool. These orchestrated attacks strategically target crucial elements of democracy, including election processes, climate change discussions, and
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Manipulation Techniques

The Narrative

A narrative is an overarching message, communicated through text, images, metaphors and other means. For example, repeatedly portraying individual politicians as crooks will eventually establish a narrative that politicians, in
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Manipulation Techniques

False Context

From deepfakes to using old videos out of context or genuine videos with false captions to digital manipulation or taking facts out of context and backing them up with strong visuals. We see these types of
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Fact Checking Tips

Four Reasons Why Anecdotes Aren’t Good Evidence

Many people think that anecdotes are a surefire way of knowing what’s true as vivid and emotional stories are often particularly convincing and memorable.  However, anecdotes are infamously unreliable, here is why: As critical
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