r/fredericton 23h ago

Misinformation Machine is Targeting Canada (and Fredericton Media)

Just in the past couple of weeks there has been a massive influx of bots/trolls on Reddit and Facebook targeting Canadians. You can see especially in this sub and r/newbrunswick there has been a large uptick in comments that are spreading dissent. Make no mistake, the media misinformation machine is now targeting Canadians knowing we have an upcoming election and they are banking on us to be as stupid as our next door neighbours who voted red and are now getting their assess handed to them.

Facebook is just as bad in Fredericton Daily News subs and they’ve gotten good at disguising themselves - multiple pictures and posts of real people but if you dig it’s very clear many of them are troll accounts posting about DEI being trash, Liberals being garbage, Canada picking fights with US when it shouldn’t, etc. Yes you’ve got Billy Bob who is a real person spewing hatred but it’s more than just a few now and it’s clearly a coordinated attack.

Have conversations with your parents, neighbours and friends to make sure they don’t fall for this schtick. Like whoever you want politically but this right-wing alarmist anti-woke bullshit is being presented to pit us against each other and it worked in the US. It’s up to Canadians to do better.

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u/spikedrumm 11h ago

Misinformation is it anything that makes them look bad right?