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Attention Wars: How Lies Spread Online Have Real-World Consequences | Renée DiResta

The Daily Stoic

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From Satire to Influence: The Anti-Vaccine Journey

This chapter explores the rise of anti-vaccine sentiments fueled by social media from 2015 to the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the transformation of influencers who shifted from promoting vaccine awareness to exploiting controversies for personal gain, highlighting the commercialization of online audiences and the peculiar advertisements targeting them.

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