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The Internet also enables bad actors to participate anonymously. Obviously plenty of the people screaming on the Internet are “real” people. But how many are pa
by throwaway9980 5y ago
The Internet also enables bad actors to participate anonymously. Obviously plenty of the people screaming on the Internet are “real” people. But how many are paid to manipulate and agitate? What percentage of inflammatory posts on both sides of the divide are the product of paid influence?
It sounds like conspiracy theory lala land, but I knew people 10+ years ago who were writing reviews and engaging in product discussions professionally. It’s only gotten more sophisticated and widespread. It feels like today we’re living in a political landscape akin to fake review bullshit land on Amazon.
- stevenicr 5y agojust a few bad actors can and will conspire to create between 8 million and 18 million fake identity comments on a single page... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/biggest-isps-paid-for-8-5-million-fake-fcc-comments-opposing-net-neutrality/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/biggest-isps-pai... or https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ny-ag-report-finds-18-million-fcc-net-neutrality-comments-were-fake/ar-BB1gqzc6 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ny-ag-report-finds... it's conspiracy - not theory at this point.