Ask HN: Do we need to worry about Russian troll farms here?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30086865
by tombert • 4 years ago
5 6 4 years ago

In the last few months, I've noticed a slew of accounts posting anti-vax messaging on any COVID-19 related articles. These accounts will be less than a week old, and you'll see that their only posts will have been the same anti-vax rhetoric.

Obviously everyone is entitled to their own opinion, even if it's one that I disagree with, hence why I do not want to link to these examples in fear that I'd be bringing hate on honest actors, but I was curious if anyone knew if HN was falling victim to the same attacks that Facebook is in regards to troll farms?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency [2] https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/16/1035851/facebook-troll-farms-report-us-2020-election/

EDIT: It has been brought to my attention that this question might be against HN guidelines. Please feel free to close this thread if that is true.

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