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Re:UK 'playing catch up' against Russian interference by ed_elliott_asc on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:26AM (#23906008)
They certainly stoked the fireplace that is brexit and kept winding people up about it
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Re:UK 'playing catch up' against Russian interference by secondcoming on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:35AM (#23906051)
Of course they did. They stoke issues that already exist, they're not invented. Just like how the Russians have been stoking race-issues in the US for decades.

Are Antifa and BLM Russian plots to destabilise the US? They certainly have that signature [0], that doesn't mean they aren't valid movements.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1EA2ohrt5Q

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Re:UK 'playing catch up' against Russian interference by dontcarethrow2 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:43AM (#23906384)
Since it is still working to great effect, it looks like we will never have internal enemies within our government(which makes sense you don't want to look divided/weak). It will always be The Russians or the Chinese of the day. All too convenient, I hope someone on the inside can gather resistence but it feels like the machine is well oiled and programmed. We can only hope/work towards better education in content consumption.
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Re:UK 'playing catch up' against Russian interference by cameronbrown on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @07:34AM (#23906045)
Are you saying the electorate are somehow unable to cope with an idea being mentioned online? Ridiculous.
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