don't think you get it. 470 people on Facebook aren't going to change the minds of tens of millions of American voters. Most people didn't go to Facebook for their political news in 2016. Nor Twitter. And those who did weren't fooled by any ads.
I think YOU don't get it at all. They did change the minds of Americans. Thats a proven fact. How so I hear you say.
Robert Mueller's report revealed a years-long plot by the Russian government to interfere in the U.S. that investigators called "sweeping and systemic." As to the amount of money expended on
Facebook ads, the company said Russian operatives did spend less than $200,000 on advertising on the platform — but that doesn't account for the organic content the operatives created and shared.
Not only were influence specialists within Russia's Internet Research Agency purchasing normal advertisements, they were authoring their own posts, memes and other content as they posed as American users.They also reached out to politically active Americans, posing as like-minded supporters, and helped organize rallies and other events in the real world.
Facebook says the Internet Research Agency may have reached as many as 126 million people. Separately, Twitter announced that about
1.4 million people may have been in contact with IRA-controlled accounts.The social media aspect of the interference was just one dimension. Cyberattackers also went after political victims in the United States — whose emails and other data were released publicly to embarrass them — and state elections officials and other targets. And there may have been other avenues of interference as well.
So that part of your arguement doesn't hold up to the cold light of day.
You people give Russia too much credit. It's laughable really.
The only thing laughable is your naivety about the real world and its workings.
The above report was made by the REPUBLICAN run state department.
The US EU, and many other countries have published data, research showing the far reach of the Russian troll-propaganda machine at work. Ranging from the GRU, IRA to people who parrot the party line verbatim without fact checking the source.
In fact Trump himself used a false Russian made story about Biden in a tweet not so long ago.
Half of our country looks at Russia like its a broken down old car. Virtually useless and ineffective.
The other half believes Russia controls everything. Which seems more realistic?
Again you miss the point. We're not talking about control,we are talking about influence and propaganda. As for the Us being run down. Thats your own fault in letting the US bcome a third world economic country. And yes thats the US's new status.
I know you come from a largely left-leaning country, so you believe all the nonsense coming from leftist media.
Seriously?.Yet another childish reply from you with no data, research, evidence or proof of anything. Just you saying its so because you say so.
Again I use a variety of sources. Both from the left and right of politics...It's called a balanced perpective. You should try it sometime.
Try thinking more rationally. My mind was made up on Donald Trump long before Russians ever got onto Facebook. Virtually everyone I know who voted for him had their minds made up just as early.
Take notice of your first sentence. Then apply it yourself before you tell others . Funny then that everything Trump stated he would do he NEVER DID. Hows the payments from mexico coming along for the wall..Or hows the wall coming...What is it now 100 miles from the 1500.. 28,000 lies and counting... yes you voted for the man. A habitual liar...Well done!
www.pewresearch.org
. Politifact states the Faux news is the MOST UNRELIABLE news media. Sorry to burst your bubble but fox news isn't anything of the sort you claim it to be.
