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Good thing they shine a light on those evil troll farms. And not on the "internet activists" of political aligned NGOs in their own home countries. This month
by woodpanel 5y ago
Good thing they shine a light on those evil troll farms. And not on the "internet activists" of political aligned NGOs in their own home countries.
This month Germany elects a new Bundestag and almost every party recruits their own online activists. E.g. they form "discussion intervention groups" to dynamically flood any online discussion, to ensure their narratives are protected.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoOur current Mexican president has a very good grasp of social network manipulation. His critics were swiftly met with insults, profanity, or simply with offensive pictures, but now they have become more subtle. Their accounts got progressively harder to differentiate from common users because they appear to have other interests besides politics, even if pro-regime politics is the bulk of their content. People need to relearn that something being on the Internet doesn't mean it's true, or even that it comes from a real person.