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Still pretty mild, I'd say.

• 082349872349872 3y ago
  Do you know of anyone who has put "election disinformation" in context between less politically intersecting untruths (urban legends, eg "say bloody Mary three times") and more politically intersecting untruths (eg state worship of Ashur)?
  • jruohonen 3y ago
    No idea. But as for the upcoming super election year: while only the imagination is the limit, I'd bet on the usual stuff (e.g., something wrong with vote counts, etc.) with war themes and some AI thrown in. But no one can still agree whether any of that actually matters in terms of voting behavior. And as polarization deepens throughout the globe, there will be less and less moving voters so the effect may diminish even more; hence, perhaps a "root cause" analysis would be more prolific (i.e., the effect upon elections may be indirect). In addition, I'd presume that the purveyors try to maximize effect by either focusing on those particular themes that become the leading topics in a given election or alternatively trying to change a given focus to some other (false) issue.