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The original report doesn’t actually mention misinformation campaigns as the linked article claims. The motivation seems to be exclusively monetary (ads, links,
by mypastself 5y ago
The original report doesn’t actually mention misinformation campaigns as the linked article claims. The motivation seems to be exclusively monetary (ads, links, selling pages etc.).
Nation states hostile to the U.S. might hypothetically have been involved, but I’ve seen no such conclusions made in the report.
- croon 5y agoIt would be interesting if your information campaign against another nation had a net negative cost.
- LatteLazy 5y agoIt would be interesting to see the motivations. But the effect is the same: spreading discontent, fake news and extremism is bad whether people do it for profit or geopolitical advantages...