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[–] hector@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Israel is the most ratfucked online discussion. Legions of mechanized troll divisions scramble to any mention. Chatbots too, the newer generation ones, paid for with tax dollars. This is one of their go to moves, criticizing anyone posting anything, any media reporting anything. Al jazeera they are in a country mean to woman, and so forth. Coming from the worst people in the world.

Not only do they ratfuck the discussion, they use the corrupt influence of the US government to get people cancelled on social media. Cancelled in a way people are not told why, a different issue, not even a violation, flags the person. Whether it's mass flagging social media pretends not to see, or agencies and their contractors giving lists of accounts to violate.

Any time you find yourself on the same side as those people, you should re examine what you are doing, to prevent being tooled. There are a thousand issues you could call out right now, like Iran War 2 they are hyping.

[–] Sepia@mander.xyz -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The next wave of weird conspiracies just to distract from the topic.

As an addition: You don't need to believe me or the linked study. Just go to these communities and read their posts and comments yourself.