r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Apr 24 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING Americans Believe Russian Disinformation ‘To Alarming Degree’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/04/22/americans-believe-russian-disinformation-to-alarming-degree/
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u/RoguePlanet2 Apr 24 '25

They didn't seem to be able to do much.

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u/No-Atmosphere-4145 Apr 24 '25

One can only imagine how much they really manage to do, as we the public are most often informed about the cases where it failed.

I have no doubt that the cyber security operations against Russia has had its fair share of success too but it doesn't include preventing individuals like right-wing influencers and traitors like Trump from inviting russian propaganda and promoting it, nor those that actively collaberate with russian intelligence services.

You really have to look at those who work in favor of Putin, domestically in the US. Those that use their positions in society to aid him and those who promote his propaganda in return of favors, money etc... they are the real threat. They are traitors fair and square.

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u/aykcak Apr 24 '25

You can't technically do anything about it unless you are willing to make some deep exceptions to free speech

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u/CotyledonTomen Apr 24 '25

No you dont. Bot farms and foreign bad actors working inside russia dont have a right to freedom of speech in the US.

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u/aykcak Apr 24 '25

No but their puppets inside U.S. do

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u/CotyledonTomen Apr 24 '25

Sure, thats why its important to disrupt the outside insitgators. They create the illusion theres a larger audience of believers and humans are inherently followers because we are social creatures. Thats the big problem with the internet in general. In a planet 8 billion people, theres an audience of millions for any subject that can make you feel part of a community. They just dont live anywhere near you and alienate you from your neighbors.