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My latest article "Why Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis" in @techpolicypress.bsky.social It is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it for what it is: a structural, infrastructural, and systemic problem engineered by design.

techpolicy.pressWhy Marginalized Areas Bear the Brunt of the Disinformation Crisis | TechPolicy.PressIt is time to stop treating disinformation as a user behavior problem and start seeing it as a systemic problem engineered by design, writes David Nemer.

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kmalfacini.bsky.social

@kmalfacini.bsky.social

2 May 2025

I’m a US technologist currently in Vila Velha so found this fascinating and relevant. Re: the small % of folks who fact-check before distributing content, do you have comparison data from less economically limited populations? My understanding is fact-checking is rare even w/o phone data constraints

Bob Stepno

@bobstep.bsky.social

10 Apr

Looks fascinating ... anyone replicating the study in southwestern Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and other parts of Appalachia? I'm fascinated by the use municipal-area Facebook groups (for better or for worse) in areas where local newspapers have faded.