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> ... and organizations willing to pay a lot of money to do political manipulation / influencing. Like what, parties campaigning?
by lynx97 4mo ago
> ... and organizations willing to pay a lot of money to do political manipulation / influencing.
Like what, parties campaigning?
- mschuster91 4mo agoWe're talking about foreign influence here. All recent US and German elections reeked of Russian dark money, then there was the entire Cambridge Analytica mess and before that it was Brexit.
- brettermeier 4mo agoAnd Elon Musks dark money. Don't forget that. He gives his best to influence european politics.
- mschuster91 4mo agoDon't think he gives money, but yes, he definitely does everything he can to help out the far-right with his global audience.
- sunaookami 4mo agoNot every result you dislike is "Russian inference".
- edm0nd 4mo agomore like it would be from the nation state level. for example, RU pushing these lil psyop bots to get Trump elected and/or grow the divide in between Ds and Rs.
- t-3 4mo agoPushing certain talking points, managing discourse, amplifying certain people/events/whatever. Not all of it is nation-state stuff, some things are just lobbying and influence-building and market manipulation. Spreading rumors for shady purposes is a very old scam.