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This is now an internet classic. Here's an article from 2014 where critics of Vietnam's government were hit with "report abuse" spam to silence them. https://w
by kevin_b_er 9y ago
This is now an internet classic.
Here's an article from 2014 where critics of Vietnam's government were hit with "report abuse" spam to silence them.
https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/2/6083647/facebook-s-report-abuse-button-has-become-a-tool-of-global-oppression https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/2/6083647/facebook-s-report-...
Or perhaps you've heard of "Youtube Heroes"?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/23/new-youtube-offensive-on-offensiveness-offends-so-many-it-disables-comments/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/2...
All you need is an appropriate mob to target politics it doesn't like to shut it down with these automated social media systems. And it can always be abused by your enemies.