How politics, engagement bait and money opened up a firehose of falsehoods following Trump's shooting
8 months, 1 week ago

How politics, engagement bait and money opened up a firehose of falsehoods following Trump's shooting

ABC  

"Donald Trump's attempted assassination was a staged event from within his team to boost his electoral chances. Just hours after the shocking attempt on Trump's life, these are a few of the many unfounded conspiracy theories that popular online influencers with millions of followers started spreading about 20-year-old shooter Thomas Crooks's motivations. #1 The asset management firm BlackRock planned the assassination attempt A 2022 video Far-right US influencer and former US congressional candidate Laura Loomer posted a copy of the video Ms Loomer's post has attracted many comments from other X users who say the An example of a reply to an X post linking the Donald Trump's shooter with asset management firm BlackRock. Mr Wallace is among the many people spreading falsehoods about a security "stand down", publishing a video on the video hosting website Rumble which has been viewed over half a million times that claims the shooter Thomas Crooks didn't act alone. Some social media influencers have also chased attention by encouraging false claims about their involvement in the attempt on Trump's life.

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Trump demands ‘Radical Left Reuters’ return a $9 million government contract. He’s the one who paid it out in the first place
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump demands ‘Radical Left Reuters’ return a $9 million government contract. He’s the one who paid it out in the first place

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “DOGE: Looks like Radical Left Reuters was paid $9,000,000 by the Department of Defense …

Meta took down over 20 covert influence operations in 2024, claims Russia biggest perpetrator
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta took down over 20 covert influence operations in 2024, claims Russia biggest perpetrator

Firstpost  

Meta intercepted over 500,000 attempts to misuse its AI tools for generating misleading images of political figures such as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, JD Vance, and Joe Biden in the month leading up to the US elections Meta’s security teams tackled a wide array of covert activities, including fake account networks and fabricated news websites designed to influence public discourse. …

After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left
4 months, 1 week ago

After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left

Raw Story  

Right-wing falsehoods about voter fraud fell off a cliff after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election, but American liberals took a page from their playbook to push wild conspiracy theories that have fueled doubt about the democratic process. "What we're seeing now is an uptick in election fraud claims from the left, particularly in the days following Election Day …

Misinformation fears mount over second Trump term
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Misinformation fears mount over second Trump term

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's election victory paves the way for a fresh wave of misinformation, not only around politics but also on vaccines and climate, with his expected cabinet picks ready to challenge the scientific community. "The problem of misinformation and disinformation is the worst it's ever been," said Bill Adair, a Duke University professor who founded the fact-checking site PolitiFact and …

When Guardian editor sends her traumatised staff an email offering 'free support services', you know something truly joyous has happened!
4 months, 2 weeks ago

When Guardian editor sends her traumatised staff an email offering 'free support services', you know something truly joyous has happened!

Daily Mail  

What exquisite weeping and gnashing of teeth there has been since the horrified liberal elites on both sides of the Atlantic realised that they had been denied the opportunity to chant their much-dreamed-of phrase 'Madam President' – and grasped instead that they were hurtling back towards the shimmering orange reality of Trump's America. Donald Trump became America's 47th President after …

NSA Calls for Countering Lies on Social Media to Protect Army Morale
4 months, 3 weeks ago

NSA Calls for Countering Lies on Social Media to Protect Army Morale

ABP News  

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has called for robust counter-narrative measures on social media to safeguard the morale of the Indian Army. He emphasized the credibility of social media and the need to expose and search stories that contain inaccuracies or misleading information. Doval encouraged immediate responses to incidents and emphasized establishing a correct perspective early in the public discourse.

Russia Amplified Hurricane Disinformation To Drive Americans Apart, Researchers Find
5 months ago

Russia Amplified Hurricane Disinformation To Drive Americans Apart, Researchers Find

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America’s political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows. “They’re simply pouring gasoline on fires that already exist.” The content identified …

Opinion: Why Doesn't The Press Call Out Trump's Media Threats?
5 months ago

Opinion: Why Doesn't The Press Call Out Trump's Media Threats?

Huff Post  

It is a welcomed departure from what the most prominent political media outlets have largely been doing in their narrative of Trump’s verbal fumbles in recent weeks and months. It’s been branded “sanewashing,” and this sanewashing goes so far that some in the political press not only posit that Trump remains consistently cogent despite multiple instances suggesting the contrary but …

Truth Social users say they’ve been scammed out of massive amounts of cash
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Truth Social users say they’ve been scammed out of massive amounts of cash

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Users of Donald Trump’s …

Why are conservatives claiming Google is covering up the shooting of Trump?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are conservatives claiming Google is covering up the shooting of Trump?

Al Jazeera  

Autocomplete ‘anomalies’ were not the result of any manual action, the tech giant says. “They are gas-lighting the American people & trying to erase the attempted assassination of Trump,” Cruz said in a post accusing Google of engaging in “active election interference”. pic.twitter.com/g2h8DzkDON — Ted Cruz July 28, 2024 Kansas Senator Roger Marshall also accused Google of suppressing information and …

Trump shooter's alleged social media posts 'revealed' by website's CEO
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump shooter's alleged social media posts 'revealed' by website's CEO

Daily Mail  

The CEO of the social networking website Gab has revealed posts that he claims may have been written by Donald Trump 's would-be assassin Thomas Crooks. Andrew Torba said on Wednesday that an unnamed law enforcement agency informed him that Crooks may have posted pro-Biden messages on Gab, a platform known for its alt-right users and conspiratorial content. In another …

‘One screen, two movies': Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from the Trump rally shooting
8 months, 1 week ago

‘One screen, two movies': Conflicting conspiracy theories emerge from the Trump rally shooting

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A former president is wounded in a shooting, the gunman quickly neutralized, and all of it is caught on camera. Two dueling conspiracy theories are taking root online following Trump’s attempted assassination, one for each end of America’s polarized political spectrum. “One screen, two movies,” is how Ron Bassilian describes the online reaction to Saturday’s shooting at a …

I know what the ‘suspicious’ woman at the Trump rally shooting was really up to
8 months, 1 week ago

I know what the ‘suspicious’ woman at the Trump rally shooting was really up to

The Independent  

First, it was a regular rally, then it was an assassination attempt – and now, inevitably, the shooting at Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally is a conspiracy theory. As I began to leave my best friend’s house one Friday evening a few weeks ago, a Land Rover that lost control smashed through her garden wall and several trees onto the driveway. …

After Trump is shot, conspiracy theories flood the internet, creating dangerous ‘spiral’
8 months, 1 week ago

After Trump is shot, conspiracy theories flood the internet, creating dangerous ‘spiral’

LA Times  

U.S. Secret Service agents surround former President Trump after he was shot at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. The Trump shooting claims typically came from random social media users — the writers casting aspersions or seeking to affix blame based on their place in the nation’s intensely polarized political landscape. “What’s always interesting to me about moments …

Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age
8 months, 1 week ago

Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age

CNN  

CNN — Saturday’s shooting at a Donald Trump rally was the first assassination attempt of a US presidential candidate in the age of social media – and the former president had barely been hit before the internet was abuzz with all sorts of unsubstantiated explanations for what had, or had not, occurred. Conspiracy theories spread wildly Almost immediately after Trump …

Minutes after Trump shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts
8 months, 1 week ago

Minutes after Trump shooting, misinformation started flying. Here are the facts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Within minutes of the gunfire, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spawned a vast sea of claims — some outlandish, others contradictory — reflecting the frightening uncertainties of the moment as well as America’s fevered, polarized political climate. They go online to try to figure it out.” Here’s a look at the claims that surfaced online …

Fake news on social media is the problem we’re all ignoring – trust me, I worked for Twitter
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fake news on social media is the problem we’re all ignoring – trust me, I worked for Twitter

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Back when I worked at Twitter, …

What’s behind the anti-Biden ‘wildfire’ among TikTok influencers
9 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s behind the anti-Biden ‘wildfire’ among TikTok influencers

LA Times  

President Biden has been courting Kahlil Greene and other young TikTok influencers since taking office, inviting them to celebrations at the White House and policy briefings on Zoom, where Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been known to pop in. Biden’s reputation on TikTok was dismal in the summer of 2020, according to Daniel Daks, who consulted for the …

'Warning signs' for Truth Social as users flee platform while Trump's legal woes grow
10 months ago

'Warning signs' for Truth Social as users flee platform while Trump's legal woes grow

Raw Story  

Not only is Donald Trump's Truth Social losing money at an astonishing pace, it is also shedding users who appear to be abandoning the embattled president, reports CNBC. According to CNBC's Kevin Breuninger, "Nearly two-and-a-half years after its launch, Truth Social is struggling to hang onto its small U.S. user base," adding, "So far in May, U.S. daily visits to …

Trump's Truth Social Bled Tens Of Millions Of Dollars Last Year
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump's Truth Social Bled Tens Of Millions Of Dollars Last Year

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Truth Social, the conservative social media network that former President Donald Trump launched in 2022 after being banned from other platforms, lost more than $58 million and generated a mere $4.1 million in revenue last year. The revelations about Truth Social’s current situation came in a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing from Trump’s company, Trump Media …

What are ‘rage bait’ influencers?
1 year ago

What are ‘rage bait’ influencers?

The Independent  

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Biden’s campaign joins TikTok, even as administration warns of national security concerns with app
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden’s campaign joins TikTok, even as administration warns of national security concerns with app

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign is now on TikTok, even though he has expressed national security concerns over the platform and banned it on federal devices. Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that TikTok owner ByteDance could share user data — such as browsing history, location and biometric identifiers — with China’s authoritarian government. …

Experts warn of AI's impact on 2024 US election as deepfakes go mainstream and social media guardrails fade
1 year, 2 months ago

Experts warn of AI's impact on 2024 US election as deepfakes go mainstream and social media guardrails fade

ABC  

Nearly three years after rioters stormed the US Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and that country's television news. Defence force chief's deepfake and AI warning Photo shows Angus Campbell stands alongside Anthony Albanese at a press conference at parliament house General Angus Campbell warns the world is entering an …

Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social
55 years, 2 months ago

Inside the Operation to Bring Down Trump’s Truth Social

Wired  

As former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social social media platform teeters on the brink of financial collapse, a group of shitposting cartoon dogs known for mocking Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine has infiltrated the platform. The group says that the operation, which included 50 “NAFO commandos,” as members targeting Truth Social call themselves, was so successful that those running the …

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024
1 year, 4 months ago

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024

NPR  

Why the fight to counter false election claims may be harder in 2024 Enlarge this image toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images Brandon Bell/Getty Images In Marion County, Fla., elections supervisor Wesley Wilcox has stopped using the word "misinformation." Sponsor Message Another feature of DHS's election security work that seems to be fading into the background is a website called "Rumor …

How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash
1 year, 4 months ago

How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash

LA Times  

A car struck pedestrians in a crosswalk as well as vehicles in the Oct. 14 crash at Shoreline Drive and Aquarium Way in Long Beach. “In such turbulent times, like the one we’re experiencing now, misinformation and disinformation can spread like wildfire and in turn further fueling tension and widespread misinformation,” Goldenberg said. Allison Gallagher, a Long Beach police spokesperson, …

Opinion: Trump’s support faces its biggest test
2 years ago

Opinion: Trump’s support faces its biggest test

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up to get this weekly column as a newsletter. “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair,” DeSantis said even as he accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of “pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office.” If Trump is prosecuted, he could …

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online
2 years ago

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump getting gang-tackled by riot-gear-clad New York City police officers. Misinformation experts warn the images are harbingers of a new reality: waves of fake photos and videos flooding social media after major news events and further muddying fact and fiction at crucial times for society. “You start to lose trust in the system and …

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online
2 years ago

Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Misinformation experts warn the images are harbingers of a new reality: waves of fake …

Twitter Files 14.0 reveal how Democrats peddled Russiagate theory without evidence
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter Files 14.0 reveal how Democrats peddled Russiagate theory without evidence

Op India  

On Thursday, the 14th tranche of the ‘Twitter Files’ was released on the social media platform, which exposed how the Democratic Party leaders and the mainstream media organisations used the ‘Russiagate theory’ to discredit the 2016 victory of the former US President Donald Trump. 1.THREAD: Twitter Files #14 THE RUSSIAGATE LIES One: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots and the …

'More insinuation than evidence': Columnist tears apart Elon Musk's 'Twitter Files'
2 years, 3 months ago

'More insinuation than evidence': Columnist tears apart Elon Musk's 'Twitter Files'

Raw Story  

For the past few weeks, tech billionaire Elon Musk has been partnering up with willing reporters to disseminate what he calls the "Twitter Files" — a series of emails and memoranda that purports to reveal how Twitter partnered with federal law enforcement to silence Republicans and various conservative causes on the platform. One of the biggest sore spots has been …

Misinformation threatens Twitter's function as a public safety tool
2 years, 4 months ago

Misinformation threatens Twitter's function as a public safety tool

NPR  

Misinformation threatens Twitter's function as a public safety tool Enlarge this image toggle caption David Odisho/Getty Images David Odisho/Getty Images When Michele Rogosky heard about the shooting at The University of Virginia on Sunday night, she called her son right away, panicking. "It's interesting because I was glued to Twitter last Tuesday," Rogosky says, referring to election night. Sponsor Message …

Social media platforms have done ‘half-measures’ to root out election disinformation
2 years, 5 months ago

Social media platforms have done ‘half-measures’ to root out election disinformation

LA Times  

Baseless claims about election fraud continue to flourish on popular internet platforms ahead of the midterms, despite what the companies say have been efforts to contain them. A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children’s museum are brainwashing children so they’ll accept stolen elections. While platforms like Twitter, TikTok, …

Jency Jacob: ‘It’s a dangerous time to be a ground reporter today’
2 years, 8 months ago

Jency Jacob: ‘It’s a dangerous time to be a ground reporter today’

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 10, 2022 18:00 IST Jency Jacob is the managing editor of BOOM, one of India’s leading fact-checking websites. Fact-checking has emerged as a new form of journalism, but it would not have been so if the mainstream media had risen to the challenge of disinformation on social media and the need to verify comments made by those …

Twitter’s new crisis misinformation policy: All you need to know
2 years, 10 months ago

Twitter’s new crisis misinformation policy: All you need to know

Al Jazeera  

Twitter has announced a new plan to fight false claims in times of crisis, including war, health emergencies, and big natural disasters. Twitter has decided to launch a new policy that aims to step up its fight against misinformation and the spread of false allegations on the social media platform during times of crisis. Under the new policy, Twitter will …

​Trump’s Truth Social shouldn't be trusted with users' info after disastrous launch: privacy expert
3 years, 1 month ago

​Trump’s Truth Social shouldn't be trusted with users' info after disastrous launch: privacy expert

Raw Story  

The "disastrous launch" of former president Donald Trump's social media app — Truth Social — shows it shouldn't be trusted with people's private information, according to one expert. “The basic thing they needed to actually get right to get someone in the door, they couldn’t get right,” privacy researcher Bill Fitzgerald told the Washington Post, adding the “ineptitude of the …

FB Whistleblower Fiasco: Is a PR Nightmare Enough to Rein In the Giant?
3 years, 5 months ago

FB Whistleblower Fiasco: Is a PR Nightmare Enough to Rein In the Giant?

The Quint  

Since Cambridge Analytica happened, Facebook’s story has played out like a series of PR nightmare episodes — one leading to another but none quite so damaging as the latest series of disclosures made by former employee and whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Haugen’s disclosures paint Facebook as a muti-headed beast, filling in as the poster child for almost everything we fear about …

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies
4 years, 1 month ago

Some local GOP leaders fire up base with conspiracies, lies

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Associated Press reviewed public and private social media accounts of nearly 1,000 federal, …

Trump backers seek online refuges after big tech backlash
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump backers seek online refuges after big tech backlash

Associated Press  

Online supporters of President Donald Trump are scattering to smaller social media platforms, fleeing what they say is unfair treatment by Facebook, Twitter and other big tech firms looking to squelch misinformation and threats of violence. “We’re going to see less opportunity to radicalize new people” on mainstream platforms, Kate Starbird, a leading misinformation expert at the University of Washington …

The real lesson of Trump’s social media silencing (opinion)
4 years, 2 months ago

The real lesson of Trump’s social media silencing (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ethan Zuckerman is an associate professor of public policy, information and communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and director of the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure. Ethan Zuckerman These actions reflect a major shift in how large social media platforms handle extreme speech. We are indeed seeing a shift by the platforms away from their previous …

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are right to crack down on Trump, but others must follow
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are right to crack down on Trump, but others must follow

The Independent  

The backlash against social media against the disgraceful events in Washington DC was swift, fierce and richly deserved. Recommended Capitol violence sparks a social media reckoning with Trump Trump spread misinformation and bile with virtual impunity until the US election results made clear Joe Biden’s victory, and started the countdown to his impending departure. To encourage the baseless but widespread …

False Claims Fuel Trump's Election Result Disinformation Campaign
4 years, 2 months ago

False Claims Fuel Trump's Election Result Disinformation Campaign

NPR  

False Claims Fuel Trump's Election Result Disinformation Campaign NOEL KING, HOST: The call between President Trump and Georgia's secretary of state lasted a little more than an hour. KING: So as we heard in that clip, to your point, Brad Raffensperger says, well, folks can say anything on social media, and the president says, oh, this isn't social media; this …

Firing Christopher Krebs Crosses a Line—Even for Trump
55 years, 2 months ago

Firing Christopher Krebs Crosses a Line—Even for Trump

Wired  

Within minutes of Donald Trump tweeting that he had fired Christopher Krebs as the director of the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency Tuesday night, Twitter slapped on a warning label that the accompanying claim about electoral fraud “is disputed.” The disinformation warning was, in some ways, a fitting denouement to a two-week-long battle between Krebs, the head of the …

Social media CEOs grilled about bias, misinformation and censorship
4 years, 4 months ago

Social media CEOs grilled about bias, misinformation and censorship

LA Times  

Twitter, Facebook and Google CEOs are facing a grilling by GOP senators on the premise that the tech giants show anti-conservative bias. Three of the biggest names in digital media — Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey — spoke before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about Section …

Section 230: Why the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying before the Senate this week
4 years, 5 months ago

Section 230: Why the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying before the Senate this week

CNN  

CNN Business — A right-wing offensive is underway to discredit social media companies just days before the election. In calling for the subpoenas earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz blasted tech platforms for “actively interfering in this election in a way that has no precedent in the history of our country.” “Twitter and Facebook and Big Tech billionaires don’t get …

Opinion: The New York Post puts Twitter and Facebook in a no-win position
4 years, 5 months ago

Opinion: The New York Post puts Twitter and Facebook in a no-win position

LA Times  

The New York Post published a story Wednesday about Joe Biden and his son Hunter that read suspiciously like disinformation. It also set the stage for the sort of outrage Republicans displayed Wednesday, when they assumed Twitter and Facebook were objecting to the Post’s piece because it criticized Biden — which both services credibly argued they weren’t doing. As Sen. …

Trump claims Twitter is using trending page to promote negative news about him in bizarre rant
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump claims Twitter is using trending page to promote negative news about him in bizarre rant

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump attacked Twitter during a bizarre rant on Thursday …

Fox hosts attack network’s own reporting confirming Trump’s troop insults
4 years, 6 months ago

Fox hosts attack network’s own reporting confirming Trump’s troop insults

Salon  

After Fox News confirmed key parts of a bombshell exposé in which advisers close to President Donald Trump revealed to The Atlantic that he had called U.S. military heroes killed in combat "losers" and "suckers," hosts Lou Dobbs and Laura Ingraham on Tuesday attacked the reporting of their own corporation. Dobbs, of Fox Business, and Ingraham, of Fox News, assailed …

Trump's Campaign Is Testing The Ways It Can Distort Reality Online
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump's Campaign Is Testing The Ways It Can Distort Reality Online

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The presidential election is just 56 days away, and as Donald Trump struggles to gain ground in key states, he is increasingly relying on deceptively altered media to bend reality in his favor. The “Trump War Room” Twitter account shared an out-of-context clip of Biden saying, “You won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” And on Facebook, …

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