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I'm not giving these governments the benefit of the doubt here, but I'm wondering if these really are state actors at play here, or just tech savvy trolls Or i

I'm not giving these governments the benefit of the doubt here, but I'm wondering if these really are state actors at play here, or just tech savvy trolls Or if this can be considered trolling at all? The good that will come of this that a lot of these social media platforms will need to become more regulated or just flat out banned. They're generally not good for us emotiona anyway. We should all touch grass more often

threeseed 2y ago
It's undeniably state actors. We know because every so often Meta will release reports that show just how many bot accounts you need to really move the needle: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/meta-facebook-instagram-shuts-down-spamouflage-network-china-foreign-influence https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/meta-...