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Disinformation is rampant on social media – a social psychologist explains the tactics used against you

  • Written by H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
Disinformation is rampant on social media – a social psychologist explains the tactics used against youDisinformation campaigns use emotional and rhetorical tricks to try to get you to share propaganda and falsehoods.hobo_018/E+ via Getty Images

Information warfare abounds, and everyone online has been drafted whether they know it or not.

Disinformation is deliberately generated misleading content disseminated for selfish or malicious purposes....

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