Video: How propaganda can spread on social media via memes, fake news
Summary: Cisco Talos produced a video examining how propaganda spreads across social media through memes and fake news, citing examples of false stories, headlines and posts. The source states that state-sponsored actors, unwitting social media users and direct government agencies played a part in spreading fake news during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Why it matters: The source names state-sponsored actors and government agencies among those spreading false stories, and frames the effect as the continued degradation of the meaning of "truth" - a manipulation channel that runs alongside, and often ahead of, the technical threats Talos tracks.
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