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4chan is an easy target for Russian agitprop to be sowed in the minds of the fringes of society and spread outward polluting the public discourse. Take one look
by reducesuffering 6y ago
4chan is an easy target for Russian agitprop to be sowed in the minds of the fringes of society and spread outward polluting the public discourse. Take one look at QAnon.
- approxim8ion 6y agoWhy single out Russian? Are Americans incapable of agency or are they so ideologically pure that they're unable to come up with toxic ideas themselves?
- snypher 6y agoIt's easier to blame a foreign adversary than admit this was an american one.
- reducesuffering 6y agoIt's easier to dismiss claims baselessly than to investigate deeply. Russia's established methods of propaganda[0] Intelligence Agencies indictment of Russia sowing discord online[1] QAnon amplifying linked to Russia[2] [0]https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html [1]https://intelligence.house.gov/social-media-content/ https://intelligence.house.gov/social-media-content/ [2]https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/russian-trolls-spread-baseless-conspiracy-theories-like https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/russi...