Not any more than I saw Obama's threat to put Brits to the back of the queue in trade if they voted for Brexit.

Paying to promote ads is a pretty common thing. It's as problematic as any other ads that are designed to influence you - so pretty much all of them.

> Paying to promote ads is a pretty common thing. It's as problematic as any other ads that are designed to influence you - so pretty much all of them.

Right. The real problem is we've allowed ad companies to mediate not only commercial spaces but now also personal interactions. So propaganda shows up not only in public spaces but also in seemingly private ones like a Facebook wall where it's hard to track and near impossible to counter.

That is a naive thinking. If US has a defense system against nuclear weapons but you can attack it via social media the error is on the US side. US is not an exception and had also attacked a lot of countries before via different strategies.

Uh okay, but that doesn't mean the US shouldn't examine this and respond as necessary.

Sure, I am just saying that it is "funny" that a superpower is attacked via social media in a naive way. This attack could be organized by any other entity with enough cash. It sounds like an easy hack.

No more than entrenched political parties (Republicans and Democrats) doing so.

The American electorate is gullible, and that’s a hard pill to swallow for most; easier to yell “Russia!” “Collusion!”