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>Social media was weaponized by a foreign power to sow dissent, destabilize democracy... We need to stop this nonsense. The Russians spent a few hundred thousa

>Social media was weaponized by a foreign power to sow dissent, destabilize democracy... We need to stop this nonsense. The Russians spent a few hundred thousand on social media ads in this election cycle, and frankly a lot of them explicitly supported Progressive causes. Meanwhile, Trump and Clinton spent $81 million. Scroll Facebook for 90 seconds and you'll probably see a dozen ads "impressed" on you. Can you remember a single one? Three? >...and ultimately weaken American influence abroad. Seems like we've been happily doing that ourselves for quite a while now.

jochung 9y ago
The irony of American officials complaining about foreign interference really is amazingly delicious. STFU, hypocrites, and start looking in the mirror. There is half a century of global interference to look back on. Given how e.g. reddit's news and political subs turned into a Hillary fort right as she was pumping millions into her own social media ops, I have zero sympathy for their crocodile tears. They don't hate the Russians for doing this, they hate them because their own attempts at it failed and backfired, and they need a scapegoat.