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by imagineerschool 1213 days ago
The professionals working for state-sponsored 'troll farms' are working right now (here!) to make things less reasonable. You're seeing the results of their professional work. Read more about the scale and targets of their operations from your nation's intelligence service reports. Here's a start, from Canada's CSIS "WHO SAID WHAT? The Security Challenges of Modern Disinformation" https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/scrs-...

As for what we can do Citizens having the capability to freely and privately debate and govern amongst themselves without interference seems like a good start. Free and Open privacy and encryption technology development and advocacy seems important and immediately actionable on an individual and community level.