Comment on Swedish digital forensic group Qurium shows how Russia is using European companies for propaganda
akwd169@sh.itjust.works 4 months agoDisinformation has always been a thing but the modern advertising network is what makes it a huge problem for society right now and moving forward
0x815@feddit.org 4 months ago
Well, it’s probably a blend of many things. The ad industry (and the web in general?) is completely broken, but for disinformation to be spreading you need malicious actors exploiting the system and trying to benefit from this. It’s a human thing at its core imo.
akwd169@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Definitely a human thing, there will always be humans trying to exploit any given system, it’s seemingly innate to our species