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> In 2016, Russian Twitter bots spread divisive messages designed to discourage some Americans from voting and encourage others to vote for Russia’s preferred p
by zkid18 6y ago
> In 2016, Russian Twitter bots spread divisive messages designed to discourage some Americans from voting and encourage others to vote for Russia’s preferred presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
After 4 years after the election I still can't get why people buying that. Not the American citizen, though, but why people who support this myth not questioned if we need democracy that can be hacked by twitter?
Yeah, I know about the research that can reinforce the evidence of Russian bots activity.
- jariel 6y agoIt's not myth that they are really trying and having some effect. Soviet/Russian policy has been this way forever, they just haven't had the internet to be able to do it. The US does something like this in places like Eastern Europe. The support of Western Press outlets and agencies is very important in things like what is happening right now in Belarus, for example. When margins are very, very narrow, a populist issue can really move the needle. It's unlikely they have been directly succesfull, but they could be. Given what's at stake, it's a very serious issue.