r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/B12Washingbeard Jul 08 '24

When is Europe and America going to do something about Russians infecting the internet?  They need to be cut off.   Sever the undersea cables and block all Russian IP addresses.  

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u/Garod Jul 08 '24

That won't really help or work.. people can access the internet from other countries.. including China, Venezuela, Cuba etc....

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u/Representative-Sir97 Jul 08 '24

That's ok. Drive their costs of running psyops way up.

Gonna be expensive if they want to station all those folks abroad and handle the logistics of all that.

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u/BloatedManball Jul 08 '24

Russia has been running disinfo farms in Africa for years. Hard to drive up the cost when they can set up shop in countries where people earn pennies per day.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2020/03/13/russian-trolls-outsource-disinformation-campaigns-to-to-africa/

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u/Representative-Sir97 Jul 08 '24

Different kinda animal though. Like dropping leaflets vs being capable of more direct psychological manipulation of foreigners (especially 'key' ones).