{"id":2523,"date":"2021-08-18T10:36:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/18\/dont-blame-russian-trolls-for-our-anti-vaxx-problem-our-misinformation-is-homegrown-sophie-zhang\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T08:36:52","slug":"dont-blame-russian-trolls-for-our-anti-vaxx-problem-our-misinformation-is-homegrown-sophie-zhang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/18\/dont-blame-russian-trolls-for-our-anti-vaxx-problem-our-misinformation-is-homegrown-sophie-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t blame Russian trolls for our anti-vaxx problem. Our misinformation is homegrown | Sophie Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"

I blew the whistle on inauthentic behavior at Facebook. But authentic misinformation is the bigger problem in the west<\/p>\n

On 18 May 2021, German YouTuber Mirko Drotschmann tweeted an unusual message<\/a>: a marketing agency was asking him to share allegedly leaked documents on Covid-19 vaccine deaths. Within a week, French YouTuber L\u00e9o Grasset shared similar news<\/a>. News reports<\/a> followed: Fazze, a London-based marketing firm with ties to Russia, was offering money to influencers to falsely disparage a Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/span>Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation | Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy<\/a> <\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nI blew the whistle on inauthentic behavior at Facebook. But authentic misinformation is the bigger problem in the west
\nOn 18 May 2021, German YouTuber Mirko Drotschmann tweeted an unusual message: a marketing agency was asking him to share allegedly leaked documents on Covid-19 vaccine deaths. Within a week, French YouTuber L\u00e9o Grasset shared similar news. News reports followed: Fazze, a London-based marketing firm with ties to Russia, was offering money to influencers to falsely disparage a Covid-19 vaccine.
\n Related: Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation | Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I blew the whistle on inauthentic behavior at Facebook. But authentic misinformation is the bigger problem in the west On 18 May 2021, German YouTuber Mirko Drotschmann tweeted an unusual message: a marketing agency was asking him to share allegedly leaked documents on Covid-19 vaccine deaths. Within a week, French YouTuber L\u00e9o Grasset shared similar …<\/p>\n

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