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A less known fact is that /r/The_Donald was created and moderated by a group loosely called “Nolibs” that have been pushing pro-Israel, pro-police propaganda fo

A less known fact is that /r/The_Donald was created and moderated by a group loosely called “Nolibs” that have been pushing pro-Israel, pro-police propaganda for years through thousands of sock puppet accounts. They were in control of various subreddits and were heavily agenda driven. It all fell apart for them a year or two ago though when they had internal problems and one of them came clean. Their antics were closely followed on the subreddit /r/NoLibsWatch. Some reading can be had here[0] about one of the members who eventually went to jail/psych ward over a bomb plot, with his stated goal being to start a religious war. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/4gx9ct/comment/d2lqglo https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditcancer/comments/4gx9ct/com...

appleflaxen 6y ago
Your post led me to an incident of accidental outing of US propaganda in 2017: https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit_has_removed_their_blog_post_identifying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit... Summary: it looks like Reddit posted on their blog about the "most reddit-addicted cities", and Eglin Airforce Base was near the top. It didn't take long for people to allege that it's due to sock puppetry and propaganda coming from the military, which was legalized in 2013. https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-... At which point the blog post was changed to remove all mention of Eglin. Propaganda to US citizens seems like a terrible use of tax dollars at best, and an incredibly dangerous tool in the wrong hands at worst.
- rmrfstar 6y ago
  Wow! Nice find.
- hactually 6y ago
  The scary part... Each of those reference pages are dead apart from the journal article which has direct implication
koheripbal 6y ago
Is this relevant to the current conversation or just a whataboutism?
tensor 6y ago
Also not well known is that /r/canada was taken over and is now run by white supremacists. The articles and comments there as a result lean towards pro-racism and pro-authoritarianism and are not representative of the general population of Canada.
querez 6y ago
That reddit post seems to have gotten removed in the meantime, do you know of any backup?

appleflaxen 6y ago

Your post led me to an incident of accidental outing of US propaganda in 2017: https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit_has_removed_their_blog_post_identifying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Blackout2015/comments/4ylml3/reddit... Summary: it looks like Reddit posted on their blog about the "most reddit-addicted cities", and Eglin Airforce Base was near the top. It didn't take long for people to allege that it's due to sock puppetry and propaganda coming from the military, which was legalized in 2013. https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-ban-spreads-government-made-news-to-americans/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/14/u-s-repeals-propaganda-... At which point the blog post was changed to remove all mention of Eglin. Propaganda to US citizens seems like a terrible use of tax dollars at best, and an incredibly dangerous tool in the wrong hands at worst.

rmrfstar 6y ago
Wow! Nice find.
hactually 6y ago
The scary part... Each of those reference pages are dead apart from the journal article which has direct implication

koheripbal 6y ago

Is this relevant to the current conversation or just a whataboutism?

tensor 6y ago

Also not well known is that /r/canada was taken over and is now run by white supremacists. The articles and comments there as a result lean towards pro-racism and pro-authoritarianism and are not representative of the general population of Canada.

querez 6y ago

That reddit post seems to have gotten removed in the meantime, do you know of any backup?