| ▲ | vrganj 4 hours ago | |||||||
> It is precisely on Facebook and Instagram where you find the only popular movements against the current order in Europe, and the citizen journalists who expose and scrutinize the powers. It's a giant political threat towards those in power. Also known as Russian, Iranian, Israeli and Chinese bot farms. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/22/experts-w... https://www.npr.org/2024/07/09/g-s1-9010/russia-bot-farm-ai-... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/facebook-bot-fa... https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-allies-using-armies-... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/volunteers-found-iran... People calling this stuff "popular movements" and "citizen journalists" are either naive or complicit. | ||||||||
| ▲ | carlosjobim 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
"As for ulterior motives, this is Hacker News, so I fully expect you to believe that I'm secretly a Russian spy, Iranian drone operator, AI bot, Mark Zuckerberg, neo-nazi, scientologist, jew, Elon Musk and bio-lab operator." Seems like I predicted your behaviour almost perfectly, you accusing me within minutes of being - let's see: a Russian, a Jew, an Iranian, and a bot. Probably you'll accuse me of being the other things as well within little time. | ||||||||
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