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New from me: On TikTok, rampant misinformation in the wake of Hurricane Helene has spurred calls for violence against FEMA personnel
Abbie Richards
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Abbie Richards
@abbieasr
i am professionally obsessed with TikTok | mis and disinformation researcher | opinions are my own
Joined April 2012
- Conspiracy theories are everywhere and people don't understand how harmful they are. I made the original Conspiracy Chart over a year ago. An update was long overdue. This is the 2021 version.
- Shaming people who believe illogical things just pushes them further into their radicalization networks. Disinformation is everywhere. We need to teach people how to spot it early. This is my Conspiracy Chart. I think it helps.
- The way we’re about to watch Milton unfold through the eyes of its victims on TikTok feels unprecedented. I have two degrees in climate science. Not once in my education did we talk about the role that social media would play in the collective experience of climate change.
- TikTok discourse of the week: everyone is convinced gasoline has lost its smell.
- I’m getting a lot of requests to post this here as well. I’m working a revision (I didn’t expect this to blow up) that I’ll post soon. Some things need to be moved/clarified (i.e. Antifa Wildfires and moon landing + flat earth which are moving up)
00:00 - Replying to @abbieasrI should clarify: I’m not saying Iran-Contra didn’t happen. This was meant to imply we have questions about Reagan’s involvement. That is why it’s in the “we have questions” category. Sorry, that could’ve been more clear.Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextFollowing the Tower Commission hearings, Ronald Reagan famously gave a speech acknowledging his knowledge of & involvement with the Iran-Contra scandal. Oliver North also testified to Reagan's involvement in the scandal while under oath. americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronal… brown.edu/Research/Under… latimes.com/archives/la-xp… theguardian.com/us-news/2017/m…
- a lot of people out here criticizing “religion” when the word you’re actually looking for is “christianity”
- When this officer displayed compassion the system replaced him with one that was ready to perform violence #JusticeForGeorgeFlyod #bostonprotest #BLM
00:00 - Explainer: why conspiracy theories are so popular after tragedies
00:00 - A fake TikTok from Ukraine has garnered over 5 million views in 12 hours. It features a couple repeating “oh my god, oh my god” then there’s a loud explosion, screaming and he saw “ow my leg.” I found this exact audio on another video from the 2020 Beirut explosion.
