• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Yeah, we should invent new words for this, they aren’t stupid, they weaponise stupidity for their own gains.

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      4 days ago

      That word is disinformation

      They know it’s a lie, they’re posting it anyway because they think the ends justify the means

      • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 days ago

        What they post/say is misinformation but the act of doing it knowingly, “shamelessly trying to fuck you over” is what I can come up with.