Take a look at the writer of the article and his bio. Putting the writers bio line through my trusty liberal lingo decoder here I think I found your answer.

Original:

Alex Kaplan is a senior researcher at Media Matters with a focus on social media misinformation and disinformation and online extremism.

Decoded:

Alex Kaplan is a senior researcher at Media Matters with a focus on creating social media misinformation and disinformation to catalyze online extremism.