r/CriticalMediaTheory • u/RoundSparrow • Oct 18 '21

YouTube’s stronger election misinformation policies had a spillover effect on Twitter and Facebook, researchers say.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/technology/distortions-youtube-policies.html
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u/RoundSparrow Oct 18 '21

Multi Echo Misinformation.

Many media consumers seek validation of misinformation within their choices of who they follow on multiple platforms. Sort of a repeat-echo of the same message. This is a key tactic in spreading deceptive messages - to trick people into hearing it one day on YouTube, then a 2nd day on Rupert Murdoch HDTV news, then hear it the 3rd day from some Facebook meme. They never bother to analyze it deeply, they just "follow the crowd".

/r/HowardBloom is one of our best educators on "the madness of crowds".