- Acts of violence like some mass shootings and Jan 6 can be traced directly back to far-right disinformation. - This type of disinformation has become so prolific that “we barely view them as far-right anymore, let alone as disinformation”. - This tracks with other things I’ve been reading / watching about fringe politics online – at what point do we stop calling this stuff fringe when their ideology has effectively infiltrated policy? - While platforms and extreme groups support disinformation, it isn’t *caused* by them; media manipulation with the intent to change public perception and politics (e.g, [[media manipulators exploit data voids by capitalizing on missing data and the logic of algorithms and search engines|data void manipulation]]) is intentional. - And it works because of preexisting biases and prejudices. - I haven’t finished my notes on [[Klein, Naomi - 2023 - Doppelganger]], but I think it fits this line of thinking. - “Fringe” politics are revealing truth about ourselves / our culture.