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The linked article is a bit hyperbolic but the news covered pretty widely. "Rigged" might not be the right term, but pretty coordinated interference seems to h
by amatecha 2y ago
The linked article is a bit hyperbolic but the news covered pretty widely. "Rigged" might not be the right term, but pretty coordinated interference seems to have occurred.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-concerned-about-potential-interference-romanian-election-2024-12-05/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-concerned-about-pote...
https://archive.is/0MJ6X https://archive.is/0MJ6X
https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-removed-3-influence-campaigns-during-romania-elections-european-parliament/ https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-removed-3-influence-c...
- dylan604 2y agoIf one side pushes an online agenda to the point that it affects the coverage of publication apps/sites by intent of the ones pushing the agenda, then yes, it qualifies as rigging. It doesn't need to be something like issuing number 2 pencils to the people registered to your party while issuing non-number 2 pencils to everyone else so the votes are misread, or having Hugo Chavez' personal programmers change the code of the voting machines. If you can change the "heart & minds" of someone with disinformation, that's like the perfect rigging effort.