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In reply to the discussion: Massive misinformation campaign against Israel. [View all]yardwork
(61,941 posts)There's no question in my mind that a conspiracy of billionaires, including Putin, influenced the 2016 election to help elect Trump. The owners of social media platforms promoted this, either inadvertently or (as testimony to Congress made by whistleblowers indicated) deliberately, in return for favorable legislation that helped them make money.
The campaign - and it's been called a campaign by investigative journalists, academic researchers, and those testifying to Congress - used fake social media accounts to bombard people with similarly-phrased disinformation. We saw it on DU in 2016: the same words and phrases, used over and over, to accuse Hillary Clinton of crimes and promote Trump.
The same thing happened with Brexit and other elections around the world.
I'm saying that I'm seeing it again, and so are others.