Disinformation, like every type of information, has evolved over time. From false advertisements to false evidence, disinformation has been a practice that many have used to gain the upper hand over political opponents or rivals. In How Disinformation Evolved in 2020 by Josh Goldstein, the author outlines how disinformation has popped up on social media and big tech radars and they have begun to crackdown on campaigns. For example "between 2018 and 2020, Facebook and Twitter announced that they had taken down 147 influence operations in total," quantifying how expansive the defense against disinformation campaigns has been. By adding another hurdle for these damaging groups to go over before posting disinformation, big tech has aided to slow the rise of false information.
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