There’s a weapon of mass manipulation that Facebook is reportedly struggling to overcome: Photoshop.
Fake pictures: The Wall Street Journal explains that doctored images were a “crucial and deceptively simple technique used by Russian propagandists to spread fabricated information during the 2016 election.”
Pictures are perfect: People love images and share them more frequently on social media than text-only posts. Editing them to inject fake content or misleading messages is a useful way to spread propaganda fast.
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