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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

One thing I hope this government does is go after weaponized disinformation. Force these shitty social media CEOs to moderate their content. Fuck Zuckface and Space Karen so hard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

No...it doesn't point to a *deterioration in people's faith in institutions" like the article surmises.

It points to the fact that Right Wingers especially are so enshrined in the cult of Maple Maga that they've adopted the "Anything I don't agree with is rigged." Saying that it's about "faith in institutions" is disingenuous because they know damn well there was no rigging, but they learned from Trump that if you cry loud enough, people believe you.

[–] brax 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The conservative platform and policy declaration should have been enough for people to vote against it. They're an absolute mess of contradictions with harmful ideas mixed in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

But I was told by Stephen Harper than only Pierre had a plan, despite him not having any sort of plan... But I guess if I was just an idiot I would have taken him at his word...

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Funny that Conservatives more likely to claim misinformation, exactly the group most frequently (as of recent) subjected to incredible amount of misinformation (mainly from their own leaders). Unfortunately poll doesn't disclose what kind of disinformation did they perceive.

[–] piccolo 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just like Trump screeched rigged elections all the way up until he was 'elected' than suddenly quiet about it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

After he won in 2016 he still continued to claim the election was rigged against him.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I would bet the other quarter would be the most likely to be influenced by misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

A good chunk of those influenced by misinformation seem to think everyone else is brainwashed.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

We must demand that the Canadian government switch to Mastodon to avoid the biased algorithms.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My family brought up the "liberals canvassing prisoners" story that turned out to be bullshit during Easter. So I'm confident that it did.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

I don't know why that would be a bad thing, anyway.

Every single Canadian (except governor general) is legally allowed to vote in all elections. And they have the same rights to information and access in that regard.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Exactly. If it weren't for all of the far right/russian propaganda, the Liberals would have gotten over 190 seats.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Misinformation prevented a Liberal majority IMO