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Serhii Nazarovets<p>A new study by Reijo Savolainen 🇫🇮 analysed over 1,000 public <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Quora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Quora</span></a></span> posts discussing propaganda in the context of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RussoUkrainianWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussoUkrainianWar</span></a>: </p><p>:doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/01655515251353174" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1177/01655515251353</span><span class="invisible">174</span></a></p><p>Nearly 80% of evaluations were critical. While Russian state sources and pro-Russian commentators faced deep distrust, outlets like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@BBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BBCNews</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span> still earned relatively high trust. Even in a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a> era, critical thinking isn’t dead. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DigitalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLiteracy</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>🇺🇲 State of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> 2025-Jul-20: MT Greene warns of “Mark of the Beast" | Dir. Nat. Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard cries “Deep State Coup”<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/07/20/greene-warns-of-mark-of-the-beast-gabbard-cries-deep-state-coup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/07/20/greene-wa</span><span class="invisible">rns-of-mark-of-the-beast-gabbard-cries-deep-state-coup</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a></p><p>🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a><br>🇨🇦 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a></p><p>🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">86381298087870</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a><br>Collaborate/advocate/educate/resist<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticSocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticSocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unionize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unionize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Death by AI - Dave Barry<br><a href="https://davebarry.substack.com/p/death-by-ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">davebarry.substack.com/p/death</span><span class="invisible">-by-ai</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44615801" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">4615801</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Barry" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bar</span><span class="invisible">ry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postTruth</span></a></p>
The gallant knight<p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/ki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ki</span></a> ist wie <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a>. Nur weil er ab und zu was richtiges sagt, sollte man kein Wort für bare Münze nehmen. Von seinen Anhängern wird aber nichts anderes erwartet. KI passt hervorragend in das <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/postTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postTruth</span></a> Schema dieser Zeit. Wahrheit spielt praktisch keine Rolle mehr, man hat sich daran zu gewöhnen.</p>
sheislaurence<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@anubiarts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>anubiarts</span></a></span> 😅 well is it like facts are now political opinions? Ah yeah, wait... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpera</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>Posttruthmedia. Rick Bell is one of the deplorble disinformation demons.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BoycottPostmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottPostmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>The NDP win 2/2 byelections in Edmonton and two days later the deplorable Posttruthmedia says they are falling apart...</p><p>We can't bankrupt this fascist yankee propaganda rag soon enough.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/YEG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YEG</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a></p>
🌱@ambiguous_yelp:ahimsa.chat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@newsthump" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>newsthump</span></a></span> Pls label AI generated images as such, you may think its obviously fake or inconsequential but they are destroying public trust and truth. If you want people to be better at spotting fakes, label the fakes you create. <a href="https://social.coop/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>You can be an Albertan if:<br>you believe the vote tabulators are stealing elections.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MapleMaga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MapleMaga</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a></p>
sheislaurence<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@10tothe22" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>10tothe22</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DoomsdaysCW</span></a></span> I love that on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> you can call someone out and the response from the community and the user is like 'oh yeah, true, my bad'. As opposed to a fall into an infinite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manosphere</span></a> hellhole (👀 ).</p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>Newspapers let the fox in and now they dead... Canada too. Even after FB banned news orgs on their platform here in Canada those news orgs STILL used it slavishly.</p><p>Like some weird media-version of Stockholm Syndrome.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a><br><a href="https://games.ngo/@crecente/114696097895857405" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">games.ngo/@crecente/1146960978</span><span class="invisible">95857405</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>Stupid me, I believed science was about evidence and reason, but it's just populism. I stand corrected.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Antivaxx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antivaxx</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a></p>
Go Weapons Hot<p>"But people, entrepreneurs have discovered there is a big market for anti-Semitism. There is a big market for 'The polio vaccine is no good', and you can get very rich—or at least selected individuals can—meeting that demand, which is not infinite but large. And we are in a world that is, you know—the price of the internet may be the return of infectious diseases that had been banished in 1998."</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/06/david-frum-showwhy-are-the-media-so-afraid-of-trump/683029/?gift=36MUroklPHjSVbIeXUwSvVXefG4OQsUZKhY51pwb4e8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/06/david-frum-showwhy-are-the-media-so-afraid-of-trump/683029/?gift=36MUroklPHjSVbIeXUwSvVXefG4OQsUZKhY51pwb4e8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/selfcensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfcensorship</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a></p>
Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Whatchu talkin’ about Willis? <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whitegenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitegenocide</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a></p>
Pedro J. Hdez<p>"The scientific enterprise itself needs to bear some responsibility for the poor state of science-society relations and strive to be part of the political narrative without compromising its values."</p><p>The post-truth era and how science education keeps ignoring it<br><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx5458" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e.adx5458</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
JKN<p>Welcome to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a> era; where everything is "just an opinion", and the very concept of official/authoritative information is elitist and offensive. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/knowledgecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a></p>
ZhSigma@332ppm≅Σx, x∈S={💚🇪🇺λP(θ|y)⁂⧖⏚} learn-languages-world-life<p>existential narratives <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23narrative" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#narrative</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23refrain" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#refrain</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23disinformation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23propaganda" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23posttruth" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#posttruth</a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>"Conventional educational strategies in combatting post-truth seem to emphasize merits of truth, evidence, and reason. Such focus misses key elements of the post-truth era. It ignores the political dynamics that engulf science as well as the antiscience campaign that is deliberately carried out and amplified in the public domain. Post-truth demands a cultural shift in science education to ensure that sociological and political contexts of science are explicitly taught and understood."</p><p>Easier and more plausible with delivery of some remedial education in relevant <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SocialScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialScience</span></a>-- for the educators themselves. </p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a> <br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceEducation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adx5458?af=R" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/full/10.1126/s</span><span class="invisible">cience.adx5458?af=R</span></a></p>
Deadline<p>Turkish Distributor Başka Sinema Sets Pioneering Theatrical Release For AI Doc ‘Post Truth’<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntellegence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntellegence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PostTruth</span></a></p><p><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/04/turkey-baska-sinema-theatrical-release-ai-doc-post-truth-1236378689/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deadline.com/2025/04/turkey-ba</span><span class="invisible">ska-sinema-theatrical-release-ai-doc-post-truth-1236378689/</span></a></p>
Wulfy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@itfossil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>itfossil</span></a></span> </p><p>This is exactly the consequences of "<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/posttruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>posttruth</span></a>" society, you can literally say any shit you want, and no one will throw rotten fruit at you...</p><p>...exhibit A: Inarguably the most incompetent cabinet in the history of the USA bleeting about "meritocracy".</p>