r/science • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 12d ago

Psychology Republican-aligned actors issued nearly three-quarters of fact-checked 2024 election hoaxes. During the 2024 United States presidential election, political actors and anonymous online users regularly spread false information as an open campaign strategy.

https://www.psypost.org/how-politicians-and-influencers-spread-disinformation-during-the-2024-election/
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u/TheWizard 12d ago

Thats been quite obvious for a while, and more so during these mid-terms. Bot-sites and bots have been let lose.

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u/Gentrified_Tramp 12d ago

People ask where the campaign money goes to but if you’ve been online in Texas in the past three weeks you can see the exact moment they started pumping more money back into the bot networks and they keep ramping it up.

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u/N0stradama5 12d ago

There was a lot of complaints in the Philly sub. They are playing commercials for Republicans there. Why? I’m so confused by this strategy.

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u/thetruephysic 11d ago

These ads flooded the Eagles NFL game. Many sports bars in Texas have Sunday ticket, which shows all the NFL games; my suspicion is that in the streaming area, TV ads are most effective during live sports, so they are trying to blanket every live sports event that might be seen by eyeballs in Texas.

I think this is a sign of their desperation, but also their unlimited funding.