Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
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Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#2Has it been conclusively shown that these are actually russian trolls or do people just repeat that factoid? I feel like a lot of things get attributed to the Russians with little more than "trust us" as proof.
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#3IMHO if a society is susceptible to discord caused by debates around very, very unambiguous topic, then this society indeed deserves D. Trump in the office.
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#4Has it been conclusively shown that these are actually russian trolls or do people just repeat that factoid? I feel like a lot of things get attributed to the Russians with little more than "trust us" as proof.
Yes, it is well established that this was Russian trolls. Some of the accounts were the same ones that interfered with the US election.
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#5Has it been conclusively shown that these are actually russian trolls or do people just repeat that factoid? I feel like a lot of things get attributed to the Russians with little more than "trust us" as proof.
>Pro-vaccine tweets from the same accounts argued that vaccines saved lives. Some said they should be mandatory. Some were insulting, such as “You can’t fix stupidity. Let them die from measles, and I’m for #vaccination.”
The same account being both pro and anti vaccines would be a definite proof in that case, I have no doubt that propaganda has no problem being spread by actual people, however in that case we would need to read the full study to be sure.
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#6Has it been conclusively shown that these are actually russian trolls or do people just repeat that factoid? I feel like a lot of things get attributed to the Russians with little more than "trust us" as proof.
Yes, it is well established that this was Russian trolls. Some of the accounts were the same ones that interfered with the US election.
I didn't follow the US election thing in much detail. Was there proof that those accounts where controlled by Russian trolls?
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#7Has it been conclusively shown that these are actually russian trolls or do people just repeat that factoid? I feel like a lot of things get attributed to the Russians with little more than "trust us" as proof.
>Pro-vaccine tweets from the same accounts argued that vaccines saved lives. Some said they should be mandatory. Some were insulting, such as “You can’t fix stupidity. Let them die from measles, and I’m for #vaccination.” The same account being both pro and anti vaccines would be a definite proof in that case, I have no doubt that propaganda has no problem being spread by actual people, however in that case we would…
Parent was asking about the "Russian" part, not the "troll" part. As in, the trolls could be from somewhere else.
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, it is well established that this was Russian trolls. Some of the accounts were the same ones that interfered with the US election.
I didn't follow the US election thing in much detail. Was there proof that those accounts where controlled by Russian trolls?
There is never any proof offered, only blatant assertions.
And its working very well as a propaganda point too - now, any time someone questions the powers that be and the way they operate, well .. obviously that person is a Russian troll.
The irony in how quickly Americans seem to have picked up this authoritarian control mechanism (propaganda==truth) seems to have been lost on a lot of people. Do they still teach Orwell in schools in America?
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#9IMHO if a society is susceptible to discord caused by debates around very, very unambiguous topic, then this society indeed deserves D. Trump in the office.
The irony is that Americans are quite happy to be manipulated through Dialectic Materialism, communisms favourite philosophy...
Re: Russian Trolls Used Vaccine Debate to Sow Discord, Study Find
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't follow the US election thing in much detail. Was there proof that those accounts where controlled by Russian trolls?
There is never any proof offered, only blatant assertions. And its working very well as a propaganda point too - now, any time someone questions the powers that be and the way they operate, well .. obviously that person is a Russian troll. The irony in how quickly Americans seem to have picked up this authoritarian control mechanism (propaganda==truth) seems to have been lost on a lot of people. Do they still teach O…
They still teach Animal Farm. Remember: Russians are Bad.