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I don't defend the practice, but it's a lot easier to hide "adversarial" bot armies on a foreign social network. We have bot armies on US social networks but th
by gosub100 1y ago
I don't defend the practice, but it's a lot easier to hide "adversarial" bot armies on a foreign social network. We have bot armies on US social networks but they are well known and controlled by US interests.
- _heimdall 1y agoWhat do not armies have to do with the first amendment though? My right to free speech isn't impeded by someone else standing up a bunch of bots online.
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- gosub100 1y agoYou can free-speech on any platforms that are not found to be hostile to the US, such as possessing the capability for foreign nations to influence US elections by coordinating bots to spread misinformation. Again that's the argument, I don't really agree with it because we do it ourselves. But that's a separate issue.