Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta?::Online anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and engaging with small communities are documented foreign interference tactics, but they have so far not been observed in Canada.
Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta?::Online anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and engaging with small communities are documented foreign interference tactics, but they have so far not been observed in Canada.
I don’t think there’s any question about the interference campaign existing. At this point the question is about influence. How effective are these trolls?
And what was the second country, and why isn’t that a problem?
It also suggests that Reddit has been sitting on this data showing signs of foreign interference and just didn’t care to do anything about it.
That’s how much they care about moderation.
Considering they don’t pay moderators, I don’t think they do.
Obligatory fuck /u/Spez.
This type of behavior needs to be regulated. Foreign interference isn’t acceptable, and if Canada passes the online harms act then the ensuing regulator needs to handle situations like this or at least hand out massive fines for greed and indifference.
Well of course they don’t care unless you can make money off it!
As opposed to, I dunno, overseeing community moderation to keep making money off it’s golden go–oh, they didn’t make any money at all? Spent it all on executive salaries? Wow. How is Reddit still alive?
I’d really like to know that too. US maybe?
That’s what I’m guessing.
But if there are a bunch of Americans coming to Albertan subs and astroturfing political opinions, I’m not sure that’s actually better than Russia.
I don’t give a shit if it’s an American or Russian who wants to warp our discourse, our political conversations are still getting bent out of shape.
Oh absolutely. In no way is it any better, it just adds to it.
It would be good to know what percentage of users/posts were from country #2 and Russia as well.
It’s a lot more likely a US citizen was raised in/has family in a small Canadian town though.
AFAIK during the seeding stage trolls try and get engagement. The moment they get people to engage, the game shifts to amplification. That way the people amplified are not the trolls themselves but actual people from the US, allowing them to keep distance from the future misinformation.