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

  • swagmoney@lemmy.ca
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    22 hours ago

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

    • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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      3 hours 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! 😢