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Key misinformation “superspreaders” on Twitter: Older women
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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i worked on a pc used by an older, very "conservative" woman awhile back. needed help with her facebook accounts (plural), among other things. she had vpn clients, multiple browsers. tor, the whole bit on there.
it would be one thing if she was just passing tracts, but she was all-in on the fake news, trump, anti-vax, the border, jan 6 and 'the steal'.. basically the whole far-right agenda. and she was spreading that manure far and wide.
the kicker: she's an employee of a local catholic parish.
Not surprising at all, without misleading and lying to people no religion would gain mass traction
This is actually the most shocking thing of all. We raise little misinformation spreaders all over the world, base their entire worldview on dogmatic believes and act surprised when they grow up and spread misinformation.