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A few of the posts in the "Are You Old Enough..." thread have me thinking about a war which is currently being waged against western countries.
The current social climate is frought with division. There are many who divide people into "us" and "them ". How many recognize these divisions are nurtured by bot farms facilitated by the Kremlin?
The modus operandi is simple enough. Scan the web for a story, comment on an image and pass it on with a bit of fabricated narrative calculated to raise the ire of one side or the other.
There is an old expression "If it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't."
Somehow we have to get people to question the terrible accusations which seem to be thrown around almost daily.
We might smirk at the notion of chemtrails, but there are too many who believe.
The sudden mistrust of vaccines has not only created societal friction, but exposes these same societies to medical vulnerability.
A joke about people who seem different suddenly becomes repeated as truth by a person with a broad audience and the result is strife or threats.
I received an email one day claiming abuse of the system in schools in the UK. Ten minutes of research allowed me to debunk the statement and others who had received the falsehood thanked me for the correction. But what if no one checks?
How do we fight a disinformation war being waged against us?

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Les