Gregory's ServerI'm on Snopes today talking about the "DC blackout" trending topic across several social network sites. It seemed to me to be a fairly complex operation spreading disinformation on all sides of the topic, entirely meant to sow discord. I even interviewed some of the people who got swept up in it for my research.
Darius Kazemi
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Fire Wally
@darius Jessica just moved to Snopes over from MinnPost, a smaller indie news org in Minnesota, and I'm excited to see the kind of work she's doing over there. 
Blake C. Stacey
@darius "news reporters who were covering the protests reported interrupted service during the hours in question" should that be "uninterrupted service"?
Plugs Labradorite
@darius Thankyou for your article and investigation into all of this! Debunking stuff is really important work and the article sums up the issues and events really well. :D
MustelaPurpureus
@darius I actually remember setting my VPN to DC and having no trouble I was more confused and unsure about that than anything else
DNA Levity
@darius thanks for your efforts. Avoiding the spread of malicious divisive disinformation is a big part of why I created this instance, A space where kindness is core to all our interactions. |
Here is my Twitter thread on the topic, which features a fake AutoZone, fake Planet Fitness, and a fake Wendy's, all seemingly run by the same person or group of people. (Read all the way to the end, I correct some of my assumptions along the way.)
https://twitter.com/tinysubversions/status/1267482869661749248