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Trump is giving Russian cyber ops a free pass – and putting western democracy on the line.
(www.thebureauinvestigates.com)
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Oh yeah definitely most aren't hired state actors. Just perpetuating the bullshit.
I don't know how many people in the line there are but basically Russia wants something to lean in a certain direction, so they spread all fucking sorts on purpose with a small amount of people. But as I've said, it's incredibly easy to get non-official official things online. Like claim an artist, a country, a community of anything that's already popular, on any platform, and then pretend to #1 be that kind of person, but constantly feed in the opinions you want to bend.
A dozen, two dozen people like that actually doing it as a job will make a huge fucking wave if utilised properly. And I've no idea of the numbers Russians have plus all the botnets and simps and then at the bottom of the line, the American MAGAt aping shit they read on those platforms, thinking they're "just saying what everyone is thinking" while actually aping Russian propaganda.
Hate to say it but goddamn America needs a little bit more fear towards Russia. The whole world has pretty much written off Russia since Ukraine actually stood up to them and Russia didn't just blitzkrieg through.
But everyone has forgotten what they're really good at. It's not the bullying border neighbours, that's just their hobby. Their profession is spycraft and disinfo.