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Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
brianvastag@sciencemastodon.com ("Brian Vastag") wrote:
Just saw someone say the only news they trust out of western North Carolina is personal stories from TikTok. These folks say they saw FEMA arresting people.
Then I immediately saw and read a story about how so many of the vids purporting to be from the region are deep fakes. Probably from China and Russia, which sees every US natural disaster as an opportunity to sow more division and strife.
Hard not to feel like disinformation is literally going to destroy the country.