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Fake Facebook accounts, misinformation spread quickly in wake of Santa Fe school shooting

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From FOX News

Fake Facebook accounts, misinformation spread quickly in wake of Santa Fe school shooting

It didn’t take long for lies and misinformation to spread in the wake of Friday’s Texas school shooting that left 10 people dead. Within minutes, fake Facebook accounts popped up showing the suspected shooter with a doctored image of him wearing a “Hillary 2016” hat, for example.


Some of the fakes were quickly flagged by users and deleted by the social network. But according to Chris Sampson, a disinformation analyst for a counter-terrorism think tank, new fakes were being spawned fast and filled out with false information that included images trying to link the 17-year-old suspect, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, to anti-fascist groups, while others had “Trump/Pence 2020” as his banner image.


The onslaught of fake and false information has become a regular feature in the aftermath of mass shootings and terrorist attacks in the U.S. and elsewhere. The perpetrators are typically trying to sow discord, score political points or simply make readers question the very concept of truth.


Sampson was watching the clock to see how fast it would take for a fake account to be created after law enforcement officials released the suspect’s name: less than 20 minutes. After a second fake account was taken down, another popped up in only four minutes.

COMMENT:-
Totally despicable conduct.

Totally expected conduct.

Totally reprehensible conduct.

Totally normal conduct.​
 
From FOX News

Fake Facebook accounts, misinformation spread quickly in wake of Santa Fe school shooting

It didn’t take long for lies and misinformation to spread in the wake of Friday’s Texas school shooting that left 10 people dead. Within minutes, fake Facebook accounts popped up showing the suspected shooter with a doctored image of him wearing a “Hillary 2016” hat, for example.


Some of the fakes were quickly flagged by users and deleted by the social network. But according to Chris Sampson, a disinformation analyst for a counter-terrorism think tank, new fakes were being spawned fast and filled out with false information that included images trying to link the 17-year-old suspect, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, to anti-fascist groups, while others had “Trump/Pence 2020” as his banner image.


The onslaught of fake and false information has become a regular feature in the aftermath of mass shootings and terrorist attacks in the U.S. and elsewhere. The perpetrators are typically trying to sow discord, score political points or simply make readers question the very concept of truth.


Sampson was watching the clock to see how fast it would take for a fake account to be created after law enforcement officials released the suspect’s name: less than 20 minutes. After a second fake account was taken down, another popped up in only four minutes.

COMMENT:-
Totally despicable conduct.

Totally expected conduct.

Totally reprehensible conduct.

Totally normal conduct.​

FB should take those down as fast as they take down the perp's page.
 
I have my issues with social media as being anything other than a tool to share pictures and brain farts. Ok, maybe that's too harsh but we have to take what we find there with an even bigger grain of salt than what's communicated via the news media.
 
I have my issues with social media as being anything other than a tool to share pictures and brain farts. Ok, maybe that's too harsh but we have to take what we find there with an even bigger grain of salt than what's communicated via the news media.

One does sometimes wonder at the "motivations" and/or "intellectual ability" of those people who deliberately create false images/articles and then post them on social media.

However, there is no such doubt about those who deliberately spread them. I think that the appropriate term is "malicious, ignorant, dolts" - but I might be doing an injustice to those who are actually "malignant, ignorant, dolts".
 
One does sometimes wonder at the "motivations" and/or "intellectual ability" of those people who deliberately create false images/articles and then post them on social media.

However, there is no such doubt about those who deliberately spread them. I think that the appropriate term is "malicious, ignorant, dolts" - but I might be doing an injustice to those who are actually "malignant, ignorant, dolts".

There are, without a doubt, opportunists who seize on the vulnerabilities of social media. I think it will only get worse because social media rewires our brains to seek instant gratification, and when you combine that with people selecting their own echo chambers it's not going to be pretty.
 
Bet most of the pages are linked to Russian hackers...

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There are, without a doubt, opportunists who seize on the vulnerabilities of social media. I think it will only get worse because social media rewires our brains to seek instant gratification, and when you combine that with people selecting their own echo chambers it's not going to be pretty.

The advantages of "cyber-bullying" is that the possibility of getting a punch in the nose is reduced to almost zero.

The advantages of "cyber-lying" is that the possibility of having to bear any responsibility for your own actions is reduced to almost zero.

Get used to it, the world has changed and "Responsibility" is now a four-letter word in some segments of the United States of America.
 
Bet most of the pages are linked to Russian hackers...

Absolutely, there is absolutely no American involvement whatsoever so we don't even have to think about what the causes are.

Right?
 
The advantages of "cyber-bullying" is that the possibility of getting a punch in the nose is reduced to almost zero.

The advantages of "cyber-lying" is that the possibility of having to bear any responsibility for your own actions is reduced to almost zero.

Get used to it, the world has changed and "Responsibility" is now a four-letter word in some segments of the United States of America.

The flip side to the section I bolded is the reach is much greater. If I punch someone in the nose it's a pretty local event; however if I post a compromising picture of you or mock you and post it on social media, that humiliation grows exponentially. Think of the people whose pictures have been used as memes over the years. I get used to it by ignoring it. I was on facebook when my daughter was young and posting pictures for family and friends through facebook made sharing pictures much easier. Once they introduced the news feed and all that nonsense I ended up blocking almost everyone and eventually inactivated my account. I found there was far too much noise and very little signal.
 
Absolutely, there is absolutely no American involvement whatsoever so we don't even have to think about what the causes are.

Right?

Oh there is no doubt American involvement in some of them.. however we know for a fact that Russian hackers have done this **** for years now.
 
The flip side to the section I bolded is the reach is much greater. If I punch someone in the nose it's a pretty local event; however if I post a compromising picture of you or mock you and post it on social media, that humiliation grows exponentially.

True, the "cyber-bully" gets a much bigger bang for their bucks at the same time as they get more insulated from having to deal with any consequences of their own actions.

Think of the people whose pictures have been used as memes over the years. I get used to it by ignoring it.

Many Germans took the same position in the 1930s and 40s.

I was on facebook when my daughter was young and posting pictures for family and friends through facebook made sharing pictures much easier. Once they introduced the news feed and all that nonsense I ended up blocking almost everyone and eventually inactivated my account. I found there was far too much noise and very little signal.

Since I did the same thing, I agree that you made a wise decision. ;)
 
Oh there is no doubt American involvement in some of them.. however we know for a fact that Russian hackers have done this **** for years now.


So the proper course of action is to completely ignore the assistance (knowing or unknowing) offered by Americans who think it's "fun" to act like idiots - right?
 
True, the "cyber-bully" gets a much bigger bang for their bucks at the same time as they get more insulated from having to deal with any consequences of their own actions.

It's what we see on the internet as well. I doubt people would be as abusive to each other in person the way they are online, which is why I find that behavior in really poor taste. Treat people online the same way you would in person; the medium shouldn't change how we treat each other.

Since I did the same thing, I agree that you made a wise decision. ;)

Yeah, there isn't a second I give even a thought about rejoining. I keep track of social media but only to remain current on how it operates versus being an active participant. I have a 12 year old daughter so I need to keep up with what the kids are using.
:)
 
It's what we see on the internet as well. I doubt people would be as abusive to each other in person the way they are online, which is why I find that behavior in really poor taste. Treat people online the same way you would in person; the medium shouldn't change how we treat each other.


Agreed, some of the crap posted in this very site is evidence of that...;)


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It's what we see on the internet as well. I doubt people would be as abusive to each other in person the way they are online, which is why I find that behavior in really poor taste. Treat people online the same way you would in person; the medium shouldn't change how we treat each other.

The decline in the level of "civility" in society is pretty much the reciprocal of the increase in the level of "using violence to 'resolve' incredibly petty 'issues'".

Yeah, there isn't a second I give even a thought about rejoining. I keep track of social media but only to remain current on how it operates versus being an active participant. I have a 12 year old daughter so I need to keep up with what the kids are using.
:)

If I had a 12 year old daughter, the temptation to invest heavily in a domestic supply of concertina and/or razor wire would be very great.
 
There is a key to life, that, if you do not have it on your "Facts Of Life" key chain, you will never get through the doorway to reality.

It's very simple really, but yet so hard for people to see.

That fact of life is, Liars and Thieves are the very same thing.

"If you lie to me, you will steal from me"! [fishnthec]

Because lying and stealing are the very same thing.

When someone lies to you, they are trying to "steal" your trust in them.

If you believe someone's lies, they have already stolen from you.

Now let that roll around in your head for a minute, and you will understand how the election was stolen in 2016.

The questions for America now is, what do we do about it now, and how do we prevent it from ever happening again!

It's not rocket science, but you have to be able to know when you've been lied to, you have to know when you've been robbed!

And you have to be able to face reality and just know these very basic rules to life to even be motivated to do something about this.
 
Agreed, some of the crap posted in this very site is evidence of that...;)


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"Crap" is a subjective term...you know, one person's crap is another person's truth.
:)
 
Now let that roll around in your head for a minute, and you will understand how the election was stolen in 2016.

The questions for America now is, what do we do about it now, and how do we prevent it from ever happening again!

It appears that The Trump House has found the answer to your question and that answer is

"Hound everyone who lets anyone know about it."
 
"Crap" is a subjective term...you know, one person's crap is another person's truth.
:)

Quite right.

On the other hand, that doesn't mean that one person's "truth" has absolutely no relation to reality or that another's "crap" isn't 100% verifiable.
 
When one lies to oneself, it is a lack of respect for the truth.

When you lose respect for the truth, you have lost respect for yourself.

How can anyone who does not respect themselves, have respect for anyone else?

It is impossible to have it both ways!
 
How can anyone who does not respect themselves, have respect for anyone else?

Now there you have a very salient point.

Unfortunately "unearned self-respect" doesn't actually count as "self-respect" and the tendency has been to eliminate any need to "earn" respect (which includes "paying the dues" for any respect that is accrued due to position) by replacing it with "inalienable" respect.
 
I am not sure where Donald Trump or any of his followers gained their insight, but they missed out on some very valuable key's to life.

I would like to offer him and his followers just one of the many keys to life and success:

He, who wants a rose must respect the thorn.
 
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