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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      820 days ago

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

    • 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.

  • Hegar
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    2520 days ago

    Twitter and facebook are the two main platforms used by russia to deploy their weaponized disinformation and both musk and zuck steadfastly refuse to act against it.

    It’s time we sanction twitter and meta as russian military contractors.

  • @BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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    Even on YouTube I’m seeing a lot of conservative shit just popping up out of nowhere.

    Has me hitting the subscriptions tab more often. Fuck your algo.

    • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      820 days ago

      I was recommended far right Canadian content on Reddit

      I just wanted to sports scores, not hear people complain about how bad education and health care in Ontario are and how we need a Far Right Federal government to fix it. And no you aren’t only a true Canadian if you vote Conservative, you aren’t Canadian at all

  • IninewCrow
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    1020 days ago

    Lol … the louder they shout, the more desperate they sound

    I take it as a good sign, the more they try to grasp at straws to sway people, the more they are losing any hope of popularity.

    It’s really telling how the right and far right have to constantly market to everyone on a regular basis and with so much effort all the time in order to stay relevant.

  • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
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    720 days ago

    The loudest people are pretty much always wrong. If they are spending money to amplify their voice, then they are definitely wrong

  • I don’t use twitter and never have. I do use Facebook and it’s been giving me a steady diet of Carney ads. I haven’t seen a single CPC ad on any platform for that matter!

    • masterofn001
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      219 days ago

      Canada Proud is the unofficial (official) ad campaign for the CPC. If you see them, know they’re buds with pp.