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Manipulation Techniques

Manipulation Techniques

Inventing People

Why Fake Data When You Can Fake a Scientist? “Where is Wilson?” – Media in China used a fake researcher from Switzerland to spread propaganda against the Swiss laboratory hypothesis”.This
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Manipulation Techniques

False Conclusions

Have you ever dropped a stone? Do you want to bet that it would fall down? Have you ever asked a scientist if he is 100% sure that the stone
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Manipulation Techniques

False Flag Operations

The term false flag is an intelligence, political, and military term that derives originally from the maritime terminology. It refers to misleading maneuvers and undercover operations, usually carried out by the military
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Polarization

Users’ polarization and confirmation bias are key strategies in the misinformation campaigns on social media. Polarization actually leads to anger and sometimes to violence. Let’s have a look at the results
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Manipulation Techniques

Fake Fact-checking

THE EXAMPLE On March 3, Daniil Bezsonov, an official from the pro-Russian separatist region in Ukraine, tweeted a video that he said would demonstrate “how Ukrainians produce misinformation.” The clip showed two
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Manipulation Techniques

The Role of Influencers

Die Rolle von Beeinflussern bei der Veränderung des öffentlichen Verhaltens und der Wahrnehmung ist kein brandneues Konzept. Es wird schon praktiziert, seit es die Menschheit gibt, allerdings mit unterschiedlichen Methoden.
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Creating Doubts

The tobacco industry has been creating doubts for decades: questioning the scientific evidence of the harmful effects of smoking to manipulate the public opinion in its favor. Public Relations Strategists
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