The Rise of Weaponized Certainty How Digital Platforms Turn Lies Into Dominant Truths

Momen Ghazouani, CEO of Setaleur, examines in an article titled “The Digital Assassination of Truth When Lies Become Sacred Rituals” a profound shift in modern society where truth is increasingly replaced by emotionally resonant and widely disseminated falsehoods. Ghazouani argues that digital platforms have created a cognitive coup in which popular, shareable lies triumph over evidence-based truth, driven by algorithms that privilege engagement and emotional appeal over accuracyHe identifies how falsehoods gain legitimacy through a process of “discursive coronation ” transforming into widespread beliefs and identity markers that bypass critical thinking an effect he describes as “the tyranny of the current.” The article concludes that this systemic crisis which he calls “the dangerous cognitive shift has redefined validity as mass circulation and social comfort rather than factual integrity resulting in a perilous environment of weaponized certainty