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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by zhenbo_endle@lemmy.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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.

Posted by Paris Marx at https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/114407387291957572

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[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago

Lets face it, if you are still on shitter you are either right-wing or extremely dumb

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

I don't think there is an "or" there.

[-] zhenbo_endle@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

IHMO it's not either-or. It's both-and

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Sadly there are extremely dumb people that aren't conservative, its seriously impressive how they combine completely contradictory opinions

[-] swagmoney@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

my partner is still on Xitter 😭 I've tried but failed to convince them to abandon that shithole site

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 months ago

Sorry comrade. I feel your pain.

I have a good friend who has been mildly but annoyingly radicalized by Twitter and Facebook. I told him that I don't click on any of the X or Instagram links he sends, and endured a tirade of nonsense, which I basically ignored. He tells me that "he learns things on Twitter that he wouldn't learn elsewhere". Yes, like Nazi propaganda! 😢

[-] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

I’d include whoever works there. During the first year, ok, it’s time to find another job. Now, no, you’re just one of them.

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I've got family that lives on an island. They've been holding onto twitter as the only way to get ferry updates.

I only recently found out, so have been switching the family (and slowly other islanders) to Nitter to follow that single account.

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