Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
by papertokyo on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:02PM
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Looking at the 2020 elections and aftermath, it seems they were highly successful in undermining confidence in the election process.
Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
by jessaustin on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:38PM
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They were wise to keep Maddow et al. on the "don't trust elections" beat for the full four years Trump was in office.
Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
by anamax on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:42PM
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Voice of America, BBC... (I suspect that both France and Germany have something similar. I'd be surprised if Finland did.)
Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
by guerrilla on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:17PM
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France has France24 and RFI and Germany has DW.
Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter
by FridayoLeary on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:50PM
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It was, because they were claiming it all the way along, even before any real evidence was apparent. Thus guaranteeing the issue would not be adequately dealt with, and showing Trump the way to undermining election results in his defeat.
Also, weaponising facts is not a good way to increase public confidence in a democratic process.
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/docu...
> the Committee found ample evidence to suggest that the Russian government was developing and implementing capabilities to interfere in the 2016 elections, including undermining confidence in U.S. democratic institutions and voting processes.
Calling it hysteria is counterproductive. With that said, I'm not sure what happened or what has been done since.