Sigh

The fandango is fine, but stay away from the thunderbolts and lightning.

How far we’ve come and how far we have to go.

What a shot and contrast. Wow.

It’s because of the softness 😍

"Links also increase the likelihood that search engines and LLMs surface these pages even when the linking sites dispute their Pravda network sources.”

More here about how false information makes its way into legitimate media.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informa...

Context matters as does considering sharing a link at all, regardless of outlet.

"When sites link to the Pravda network, they introduce pro-Kremlin bias to their content, expose new audiences to the operation and boost its credibility."

"Fifteen sites with more than one million web visits a month referenced the Russian origins of the link without connecting it to an information operation. These included The Washington Post, Newsweek, Fortune and the Des Moines Register."

"The network also appears to have gained traction on platforms that rely on user-based citations: the DFRLab found that the Pravda network’s links have been used heavily in Wikipedia pages and Community Notes on X."

Someone I know called it a capitulation plan and sadly that was an apt reframe

I would imagine it’s a bit more dense too?

What makes you say so?

Lost in the layers of this thread. Art, Brooke.