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Experts Warn: Social Media Fuels Disinformation Networks

10/20/2025

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Experts warn that social media strategies, including innocuous content, can grow accounts that later push disinformation.
False claims about US President Donald Trump and Major League Baseball attract engagement.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) found 32 Facebook pages pushing baseball-related falsehoods with 248,000 followers, mainly from Southeast Asia.
Meta Platforms, Inc.'s Community Notes has not effectively flagged false content, raising concerns about unchecked growth of deceptive networks in the United States.

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Experts warn that social media strategies, including innocuous content, can grow accounts that later push disinformation.
False claims about US President Donald Trump and Major League Baseball attract engagement.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) found 32 Facebook pages pushing baseball-related falsehoods with 248,000 followers, mainly from Southeast Asia.
Meta Platforms, Inc.'s Community Notes has not effectively flagged false content, raising concerns about unchecked growth of deceptive networks in the United States.