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France uncovers a vast Russian disinformation campaign in Europe::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 93 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait?!! RUSSIA?!?!?

Misinformation campaign?!?!

Surely some mistake?!?!

That would be SO unlike them!!!

[–] Viking_Hippie 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

DISinformation. The difference is that misinformation might or might not be intentional, whereas disinformation is organised intentional misinformation with specific goals in mind.

Not that I blame you for getting it wrong, mind you, since most media outlets consistently do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apologies. Late night sloppiness. I support your correction. After I posted it I thought the same thing but couldn’t be arsed changing it.

[–] Viking_Hippie -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No worries, I've made worse late night sloppiness mistakes myself. Just last night, I accidentally called Janet Yellen Secretary of State in stead of Secretary of the Treasury.

To make matters worse, I actually looked up whether Yo Yo Ma is a cellist or violinist for the same comment, but neglected to double check Yellen's title while I was on Wikipedia anyway 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Respect for Yo Yo Ma the cello player 😀

7-Year-Old Cellist Prodigy Yo-Yo Ma's Debut Performance for President JFK | The Kennedy Center

https://piped.video/watch?v=wiwkBFR6rW0

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Just to be clear, is this person different than ‘Yo Mamma’?

I mean… has anyone ever seen them in the same room together?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

When you think about scammers that send fishing emails and stuff, it's similar. Should we be surprised when we click on sketchy links and get scammed? No. Should we stay on top of reporting the issue and ensuring that more people aren't scammed? Yes.