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Remember this is not a few trolls, this is state sponsored warfare with actual harm: sick and dead people plus sowing distrust in the science and medical fields

Remember this is not a few trolls, this is state sponsored warfare with actual harm: sick and dead people plus sowing distrust in the science and medical fields. It needs to be handled like such, at the source. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-vax-movement-russian-trolls-fueled-anti-vaccination-debate-in-us-by-spreading-misinformation-twitter-study/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-vax-movement-russian-troll... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/meet-the-new-york-couple-donating-millions-to-the-anti-vax-movement/ar-AAD6TUV https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/meet-the-new-york-couple-d...

reaperducer 7y ago
It needs to be handled like such, at the source. The source is the Russian government. So what exactly do you mean by "handling" the source? Overthrowing the Russian government? Cutting Russia off from the internet?
dan-robertson 7y ago
I don’t really buy the idea that there’s some secret Russian conspiracy tricking Americans into believing things that are obviously false. There are plenty of gullible Americans and there are plenty of real life Americans who passionately believe that vaccines cause all manner of ills. I don’t think Russians have much to do with this spreading. Plenty of Americans fall for all-American pyramid schemes without some sophisticated Russian plot. Are we also to believe that this is some long running conspiracy the Russians have been executing since the 19th century when people began opposing vaccinations?
- imglorp 7y ago
  Respectfully disagree: I don't think conspiracy is the right word. Not just vax. It's well established who is participating and that it's an overt, broad disinformation campaign against everything from politics to flat earth. Any and all chaos in the West benefits Putin. Read some of Garry Kasparov's writings for a more inside view.
  - awayfromhomenow 7y ago
    There are groups of people that believe there has been an ongoing attack by "The Communists" to destroy families, encourage 'miscegenation', reduce attachment to religion, and spread homosexual behaviour. All as part of a plot to destroy the West.

reaperducer 7y ago

It needs to be handled like such, at the source. The source is the Russian government. So what exactly do you mean by "handling" the source? Overthrowing the Russian government? Cutting Russia off from the internet?

dan-robertson 7y ago

I don’t really buy the idea that there’s some secret Russian conspiracy tricking Americans into believing things that are obviously false. There are plenty of gullible Americans and there are plenty of real life Americans who passionately believe that vaccines cause all manner of ills. I don’t think Russians have much to do with this spreading. Plenty of Americans fall for all-American pyramid schemes without some sophisticated Russian plot. Are we also to believe that this is some long running conspiracy the Russians have been executing since the 19th century when people began opposing vaccinations?

imglorp 7y ago
Respectfully disagree: I don't think conspiracy is the right word. Not just vax. It's well established who is participating and that it's an overt, broad disinformation campaign against everything from politics to flat earth. Any and all chaos in the West benefits Putin. Read some of Garry Kasparov's writings for a more inside view.
- awayfromhomenow 7y ago
  There are groups of people that believe there has been an ongoing attack by "The Communists" to destroy families, encourage 'miscegenation', reduce attachment to religion, and spread homosexual behaviour. All as part of a plot to destroy the West.