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Re:Asian Boss planted deep blue YouTuber and pretended he wa... by platinumrad on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:26AM (#29889721)
Looking at the typical patterns of voting and commenting, do you honestly think the CCP runs an effective influence operation on this site?
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Re:Asian Boss planted deep blue YouTuber and pretended he wa... by vlkr on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:41AM (#29889811)
If you look what the CCP does elsewhere it's not unlikely, eg. https://www.nzz.ch/english/swiss-phd-students-dismissal-spot...
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Re:Asian Boss planted deep blue YouTuber and pretended he wa... by platinumrad on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:49AM (#29889865)
My question was about this site, not elsewhere.
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Re:Asian Boss planted deep blue YouTuber and pretended he wa... by vlkr on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:05AM (#29889973)
I have no deeper insights into hackernes userbase. But here is another recent example:

"Wikipedia blames pro-China infiltration for bans" https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58559412

Btw. casting doubt on unwanted opinions is often used in propaganda. ;)

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