THE THREAT OF DIS-INFORMATION TO DEMOCRATIC STATES .

THE THREAT OF DIS-INFORMATION TO DEMOCRATIC STATES .

In a new world of Social Media , The Internet , and Mass Media , Information has been freely available everywhere at a much quicker and faster rate than ever before.

Not only is information freely available to everyone but it also poses a dangerous threat to world's governments , political structures , social development and the economy.

Take for example the January 6 Insurrection that was influenced by a Dis-Information machine led by former 45th President of United States of America Donald J Trump convincing his 47 Million + Twitter followers to storm the government on Capitol Hill in an attempt to overturn the elections and possibly overthrow the government.

Events leading to the insurrection demonstrated the power Social Media has on people's minds and the powerful role it played in U.S Political system [ The Richest country in the world]

The Richest Man in the world [ Elon Musk ] used his Twitter Platform of 87 Million + followers to abruptly buy an unprofitable private company also known as Twitter, to further demonstrate the power of Social Media and Information Elon Musk proposed a peace plan between Ukraine and Russia [ However ] The President of Ukraine viewed the plan as favorable to RUSSIA and considered the plan [ Propagandist ] .

Disinformation can manifest itself in a form of Government Propaganda [ The method mostly used by the Russian Federation ] to influence the political view of its citizens. Fake News is another method Disinformation can penetrate the richest economies of the world , especially influencing the views of young people this method combined with Conspiracy theories is a perfect storm for a deeply polarized world

Social Media apps such as TIKTOK , FACEBOOK and TWITTER have been the biggest drivers of ' Fake News ' which play a crucial role in shaping young , immature and disconnected political views. .

Cedric Hattingh

2024, Masters in Social Entrepreneurship Development Student, Tennis Coach, Motivational Speaker & Volunteer

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An entire year module in sociology honours I dedicated to conspiracy theories! That is the reason why Donald Trump got elected as president in the first place.Conspiracy theories is the reason why on 50% of the South African adults got the life saving COVID vaccination...

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Ukrain is the most corrupt country on the planet and their president is litterly a clown.

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Calling Jan 6 an insurrection after what I saw recently is disinformation. Also using the term the big lie is dissinformation senile joe denfinitly didnt get 81 million votes if you believe that your the dumbdumb,

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