Report finds over a quarter of Canadians exposed to ‘more sophisticated and more politically polarizing’ fake content
  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    9 days ago

    By the time the average adult realizes that big tech and social media are the primary attack vector criminals and oligarchs are using to spread disinformation and propaganda — that surveillance capitalism is the driving force behind support for the far right and fascism — we’ll all be living in corporate-feudalist ruled authoritarian dictatorships.

    • grey_maniac
      6·
      8 days ago

      I’m not confident the average adult will ever realize it. It’s a horrible thought to me, but for the average US lower- or middle-class worker drone, how much would their actual daily life change?

      • AuliEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        Less rights less protections. But well people care. These oligarchs think there is to much in their way of doing greatness

    • Tiger666
      2·
      7 days ago

      Not if I have something to do about it. I’d rather die than live like that.

  • Cyborganism
    31·
    8 days ago

    One that I’ve seen being pushed both by the far right and the left is the lie about Mark Carney been seen with Ghislaine Maxwell.

    It’s a total fabrication with photoshop and AI.