Not saying that the Macron government is perfect, but is it not clear that this AstroTurf "gillet jaune" movement is dark-money/russian funded? The bulk of the protesters are economically shooting themselves in the foot by hurting small business. Cui bono?
Who knows about funding, but what we know is that the movement arose entirely on Facebook, driven by GRU propaganda. A bit like Brexit and the 2016 election, but worse. Once again, thanks Facebook for providing weapons to those trying to destroy us
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Tbh this could happen on any platform designed to allow people to share information, communicate, and organise into groups.
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Hard disagree. Enabling weaponized mass propaganda is not an intrinsic feature of a social network. Facebook is directly responsible for the damage it's doing to our democracies.
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Think of what could happen if there was LSTM propaganda on Facebook
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I just got this joke.
#BetterLateThanNever
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"but what we know is that the movement arose entirely on Facebook, driven by GRU propaganda" Can you please let me know how do we know this? I am honestly curious.
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I guess it is fair to argue that Russian intelligence was pushing for Brexit as well as protests in France. But their goals would be a lot harder to achieve was it not for legitimate grievances, anger, and resignation among the working class. 1/2
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If you fill your house with petrol (aka neoliberalism), do you blame a spark when it burns down? 2/2
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