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Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election (www.ft.com)

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Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.

The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.

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[-] DrFistington@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

The loudest people are pretty much always wrong. If they are spending money to amplify their voice, then they are definitely wrong

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