Headline, October 21 2024/ ''' DIS INFORMATION DIG '''

''' DIS INFORMATION DIG '''

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THE FALSEHOODS all - which keep circulating on X, TikTok, YouTube and other platforms, can resemble the conspiracy theories that plague the whole world's politics. Prominent figures keep pushing them, citing unrelated, misleading or outdated evidence.

But the risks are often more immediate. Online climate-related conspiracy theories can cause damage offline, disrupting emergency communications and recovery efforts.

Officials this past week said that disinformation about Hurricanes Helene and Milton, both of which struck the American Southeast recently, was making relief workers a target, and the American Red Cross warned that the outlandish claims could prevent survivors from seeking help.

'' If they are telling you that the government is responsible for the disaster, that doesn't help you at all in getting ready for it,'' said Jose E.Ramirez-Marquez, an associate professor of systems engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and a co-author of a journal article last month on how hurricane-related information traveled through X.

The increasing frequency and power of major storms, heat waves, wildfires and other weather-related catastrophes tend to elicit an especially strong emotional response, allowing climate denialists, lobbyists for the oil and gas industry and rumormongers to exploit people's concern and confusion.

'' It helps them to regain some measure of control and sense of order at a time when everything feels quite bleak and hopeless, said Jennie King, who oversees climate disinformation research and policy at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a think tank that studies online platforms.

The intensity of Helene and Milton's one-two punch has been difficult to fathom. For many, it has been easier to blame human villains.

On TikTok millions of users were exposed to conspiracy theories about the storms, according to research from the liberal media watching Media Matters for America.

There were claims that Helene was the product of a man made land grab to enable lithium mining in North Carolina though the hurricane also ploughed several other states.

Climate scientists have said there is no way for humans to manufacture hurricanes.

The recent hurricanes have been accompanied by a swell of threats directed at those managing the emergency response, but hateful rhetoric and the risk of violence is not the only reason climate-related disinformation can be dangerous.

Rumors about natural disasters that start in digital forums can influence real-world choices about evacuation, financial aid and searches for missing loved ones.

An additional layer of risk pervades the most recent cycle of disinformation, experts said, as false narratives about the dual hurricanes dovetail with and exacerbate existing conspiracy theories about sinister plots to derail the upcoming elections in the US.

When conspiracies '' erode people's trust in institutions and the whole idea of government coordination, then suddenly people either ignore or actively refute the instructions that they're being given,'' said Ms. King of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.

The disinformation around Helene and Milton has become so overwhelming that even public officials linked to other conspiracy theories - such as election denial - are trying to beat back rumors and underscore the severity of the storms.

To sum : '' Falsehoods disrupt every recovery ''.

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