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Old 02-22-2018, 08:17 AM
 
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It doesn't cost anything to post on Twitter. "A better question" still does not answer mine.

By September 2016, the IRA (the Internet Research Agency: Russian Troll Factory) had a monthly budget of more than $1.25 million to carry out its influence campaign.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:18 AM
 
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How patriotic of you. So now we have two posters who think we should just look the other way while Russians meddle with our electoral process because they are justified in doing so: pknopp and Dbones. Does anyone else want to hitch their horse to that wagon?
I think we should lead by example. That's the Patriotic thing to do.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:19 AM
 
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By September 2016, the IRA (the Internet Research Agency: Troll Factory) had a monthly budget of more than $1.25 million to carry out its influence campaign.
Hopefully most of it was spent locally to boost the economy.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:21 AM
 
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I think we should lead by example. That's the Patriotic thing to do.
Yes, and justifying interference with our democratic process by foreigner powers is setting quite the example. You must be very proud.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:21 AM
 
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Information warfare against the United States' election process is illegal.
Using fake American personas, targeting social media platforms, and other Internet media to advance a foreign agenda in our elections is illegal.


No one is advocating the shutting down of any platform, for goodness sakes! Please stop this silliness!
None of that is illegal. Post the international laws that say such a thing. US laws don't count if the person posting stuff isn't in the USA.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:22 AM
 
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Information warfare against the United States' election process is illegal.
Using fake American personas, targeting social media platforms, and other Internet media to advance a foreign agenda in our elections is illegal.


No one is advocating the shutting down of any platform, for goodness sakes! Please stop this silliness!
We do that exact thing in many countries and are doing it now as we speak.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:22 AM
 
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None of that is illegal. Post the international laws that say such a thing. US laws don't count if the person posting stuff isn't in the USA.
Lol from where did you get your law degree? From a box of Apple Jacks? That's not how personal jurisdiction or the application of statutory laws work.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:24 AM
 
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I don't see how shutting down fake accounts should be a problem.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:27 AM
 
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I believe that most that are irate about some of their 'followers' and those that they follow being deleted are just naive. They don't understand that many of the 'blocked' accounts and followers they lost weren't real.

And even all the -- why was I deleted stuff -- some of that is bot generated to sow distrust, discord, chaos.

Trolling at its finest -- Seems to be something many support from posts here when some defend the President's outrageous, erroneous, misinformed, ridiculous posts as 'trolling'.
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Old 02-22-2018, 08:28 AM
 
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I don't see how shutting down fake accounts should be a problem.




The last word as I see it. Wish I could be as succinct!
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