The potential for hybrid threats lurk in every disaster and narrative in a world being reshaped by a changing climate, but their malign influence can be stopped or slowed with some effort from the public at large.
As diplomatic tensions dramatically escalate, so too does the propaganda and corrosive disinformation.
On July 15 2019, Facebook user DC Draino and Twitter user @StClairAshley shared footage purportedly showing a confrontation between StClair and unnamed “leftist protesters” outside an immigration detention facility in Aurora, Colorado: It was heavily implied, though not stated outright, that this was during the co-ordinated July 12, 2019 Lights for Liberty protests that took place …
Dueling protests became dueling narratives in Portland, Oregon on June 29 2019 when clashes erupted between Proud Boys attendees and anti-fascist demonstrators, quickly devolving into rumors that milkshakes thrown at one person contained one or more damaging or caustic substances — including quick-dry concrete, quicklime, and caustic chemicals. Rumors to that effect were spread by the verified Portland …
In January 2019, a Facebook user shared the following image, purportedly showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alongside George Soros’s son: The title and text surrounding the image, which is apparently a screenshot of an October 2018 blog post, claimed in usual agitprop style that the photograph is evidence that the Democratic Party is secretly conspiring …
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In January 2019, the following Facebook status update circulated with the claim that undocumented immigrants caused the deaths of more black Americans than officer involved shootings in years prior: White text on a black background unaccompanied by images or — more importantly — citations stated: More American Blacks Were Killed By Illegal Immigrants Then by Police In …
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