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    astroturfing

    Explore " astroturfing" with insightful episodes like "Episode 69" and "Disinformation (S4 E6)" from podcasts like ""The Angry Clean Energy Guy" and "Canadian Army Podcast"" and more!

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    Episode 69

    Episode 69

    The noise from oil trolls, oil bots and Big Oil astroturfing has become deafening. Their aim is to overwhelm the climate movement - and thoroughly confuse the public - by posting vast amounts of misleading information and spreading crazy conspiracy theories as well as general nonsense, in very large volumes. They are a naked attempt at pushing Big Oil's agenda of perpetuating fossil fuels irrespective of the very high risk they pose to society's very survival. The Angry Clean Energy on what they are; what to do about them in an environment where Big Oil's obscene 2022 "profits" will likely power them into hysteria mode; and how this is consistent with Big Oil recently dropping any pretense about their goal of stalling - and then reversing - the energy transition.   

    Disinformation (S4 E6)

    Disinformation (S4 E6)

    Bombs and bullets are not the only threats to our soldiers. Online disinformation is also being used as a weapon, and it’s one they face both on deployment and at home. Dr. Meghan Fitzpatrick and Dr. Dominique Laferrière are social scientists at Defence Research and Development Canada and have done extensive research on the topic. They explain the disinformation ecosystem that affects the military community and give us advice on how to separate fact from fiction.

    Here are some online tools that can help you counter disinformation:

    https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/

    https://www.snopes.com

    https://euvsdisinfo.eu
    https://info-radical.org/en/

    https://www.getbadnews.com/books/english/

    https://harmonysquare.game/en

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