Re:Update: Russian Interference in 2016 US Election, Bots, a...
by save_ferris on Thursday September 28, 2017 @05:07PM
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> OTOH, there will be misinformation directed to confuse the public about that, too, and that may be challenging to sort out.
This is what scares me. We saw in the last few days that a prominent 'antifa' Twitter account pretending to based out of Boston tweeted from Vladivostok, presumably in error.
Accounts like these provide the fuel that empowers elements of the alt right, and they're still active in these efforts.
If Twitter and Facebook fail to become more proactive on countering these baiters, what does that mean for our future? This doesn't seem like a problem we can easily retroactively assess our way out of.
Re:Update: Russian Interference in 2016 US Election, Bots, a...
by msla on Thursday September 28, 2017 @04:31PM
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It's also possible to talk about it without sounding crazy.
Of course, some people will still try and make it seem like it's a crazy idea, but they do the same with AGW.
Having media sources most people respect on board with the basic notion should help.
OTOH, there will be misinformation directed to confuse the public about that, too, and that may be challenging to sort out.