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On top of it, the US military and law enforcement agencies use sockpuppet accounts. Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with any state actors manipulating public
by throwaway743 5y ago
On top of it, the US military and law enforcement agencies use sockpuppet accounts.
Don't get me wrong, I don't agree with any state actors manipulating public perception out of their own interests. Just agreeing that yeah the US pulls quite some bs too
https://www.techdirt.com/2011/03/18/us-military-kicks-off-plan-to-fill-social-networks-with-fake-sock-puppet-accounts/ https://www.techdirt.com/2011/03/18/us-military-kicks-off-pl...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/facebook-must-take-these-four-steps-counter-police-sock-puppets https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/facebook-must-take-the...
- h2odragon 5y agoWhy shouldn't governments have equal access to the tools of advertising and bullshit dissemination that citizens and corporations do? Ours and theirs. The problem would be when thy have unequal access, wouldn't it? Them or anybody, really...