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by jacquesm 1682 days ago
This isn't an accident or a simple case of being wrong: this is a case of a fairly orchestrated campaign. That it has a lot of footsoldiers that aren't aware that they are being used is a real pity and a problem. The big question to me is how will we deal with the next round of bullshit cures that is undoubtedly waiting in the wings to play on those exact same feelings? Are people going to do this again, or will they wise up after having been played twice already?
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Maybe, although without further evidence accusation of conspiracies will fly back into your face.

The site might look professional, but it still could just be another true believer. If you frenetically ban the content, more people will believe the message and more importantly disbelieve yours since it "obviously" cannot stand scrutiny.

And there are real problems here, the infrastructure to censor certain message on social media got quite effective and to believe tech companies as government contractors won't use it to spread falsehoods is naive. Not by conspiracy, it is just a dynamic government will certainly show.