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Who undermined faith in NATO?

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WalterGR 6y ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-content/twitter-removes-hundreds-of-accounts-it-says-are-linked-to-iran-russia-armenia-idUSKBN2AN1WW https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-content/twitter-r... Twitter removes hundreds of accounts it says are linked to Iran, Russia, Armenia "...Twitter said 100 accounts with Russian ties were removed for amplifying narratives that undermined faith in NATO and targeted the United States and the European Union...” Some are trying to turn this into a “Twitter censorship” story rather than a “Twitter fighting nation-state manipulation” story such as by misrepresent the same Reuters article, e.g. this submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26260438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26260438 You can see sites like rt.com and infowars.com pushing the same agenda: https://www.google.com/search?q=undermined+faith+in+NATO https://www.google.com/search?q=undermined+faith+in+NATO
- chaganated 6y ago
  Plenty of anti-war friends from Maine & Connecticut penalized in that sweep. I doubt that the Russians have converted all of our old hippies into spies.
  - leesalminen 6y ago
    Pretty soon we’ll all be Russians!
    - cbozeman 6y ago
      Служу Советскому Союзу
  - WalterGR 6y ago
    Could you link to your friends in Twitter’s archive of state-linked information operations discussed here: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosing-networks-of-state-linked-information-operations-.html https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosin... ? Not only would that be very interesting to see, but I’m sure Twitter would like to improve their anti-foreign-propaganda efforts - slash it’s an opportunity to embarrass Twitter.
    - chaganated 6y ago
      Downloaded their CSVs. Most handles have been anonymized, and only a few hundred accounts in total.
- rightbyte 6y ago
  How do Twitter know the difference between a russian that doesn't like NATO and a state founded undercover PR consultant? Banning accounts on the combo of nationality and polical beliefs is shady.
  - WalterGR 6y ago
    I would imagine it’s more nuanced than that. Twitter’s blog post about it is here: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosing-networks-of-state-linked-information-operations-.html https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosin...
    - SpaceRaccoon 6y ago
      Why?

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-content/twitter-removes-hundreds-of-accounts-it-says-are-linked-to-iran-russia-armenia-idUSKBN2AN1WW https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-content/twitter-r... Twitter removes hundreds of accounts it says are linked to Iran, Russia, Armenia "...Twitter said 100 accounts with Russian ties were removed for amplifying narratives that undermined faith in NATO and targeted the United States and the European Union...” Some are trying to turn this into a “Twitter censorship” story rather than a “Twitter fighting nation-state manipulation” story such as by misrepresent the same Reuters article, e.g. this submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26260438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26260438 You can see sites like rt.com and infowars.com pushing the same agenda: https://www.google.com/search?q=undermined+faith+in+NATO https://www.google.com/search?q=undermined+faith+in+NATO

chaganated 6y ago
Plenty of anti-war friends from Maine & Connecticut penalized in that sweep. I doubt that the Russians have converted all of our old hippies into spies.
- leesalminen 6y ago
  Pretty soon we’ll all be Russians!
  - cbozeman 6y ago
    Служу Советскому Союзу
- WalterGR 6y ago
  Could you link to your friends in Twitter’s archive of state-linked information operations discussed here: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosing-networks-of-state-linked-information-operations-.html https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosin... ? Not only would that be very interesting to see, but I’m sure Twitter would like to improve their anti-foreign-propaganda efforts - slash it’s an opportunity to embarrass Twitter.
  - chaganated 6y ago
    Downloaded their CSVs. Most handles have been anonymized, and only a few hundred accounts in total.
rightbyte 6y ago
How do Twitter know the difference between a russian that doesn't like NATO and a state founded undercover PR consultant? Banning accounts on the combo of nationality and polical beliefs is shady.
- WalterGR 6y ago
  I would imagine it’s more nuanced than that. Twitter’s blog post about it is here: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosing-networks-of-state-linked-information-operations-.html https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/disclosin...
  - SpaceRaccoon 6y ago
    Why?