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    "TikTok exposed the scale of election manipulation in Europe.

    In Romania alone:
    •92k+ fake accounts
    •33k+ spam accounts
    •pro-russian networks
    •5.3M fake likes blocked in 2 weeks

    Across the EU: hundreds of millions of fake accounts purged, videos, AI-generated mass disinfo."

    full report: https://disinfocode.eu/reports/t…

    s: https://x.com/thevtalks/status/1…

    • But now seeing fake bots promoting extremist agendas even on Tumblr!

      Meta groups full of the same crap, not to even mention X...
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    • < after this, you cannot say Trump even won failry, the amount of disinfo on social media is quite staggering
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    • Social media’s true business model isn’t connection, it’s chaos. Spam, bots, disinformation? That’s not a bug, it’s the main feature.utopian
    • Outrage fuels engagement, engagement drives clicks, and clicks mean cash. The more toxic the feed, the more addicted the scroll.utopian
    • It’s less about community now and more like a digital gladiator arena—where the loudest lies and angriest trolls win the algorithm every time.utopian
    • careful utopian - don't embolden graf -
      he thinks he is a gladiator.
      _me_

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