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Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter by PragmaticPulp on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:25PM (#29655483)
> I don't think this is true.

I think the parent comment was referring to this comment section. If you scroll down and read the grayed-out comments, there are indeed quite a few people trying to argue that "everybody does it" as a way of downplaying this.

Re:Buying Influence: How China manipulates Facebook and Twitter by the_af on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:49PM (#29655836)
His/her comment reads more like a general indictment. The assertion is false both in this comments section and in HN in general.