Social Media

The 20 16 presidential election was followed by this huge reckoning. Intelligence agencies agreed that russia attempted to influence the results, which also isn't new for russia. The country is engaged in informational warfare, also known sometimes as tive measures, for decades. What was new was that the american public was this giant target, all tied to a platform that was tailor made to spread misinformation like wildfire,. social media. Karl says the reason social media is such an effective tool for spreading b s is that, in some ayit's in the best interests of the face books, the twitters and the eu tubes of the world to allow some level of this persuasive content regardless of the truth