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AI warfare triggers Putin, as Kremlin moves to dismantle the last pieces of Russian internet: More and more restrictions are being imposed on the internet in Russia (globalvoices.org)
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[–] 46 points 6 months ago (16 children)

In another news 90% of the world online scammers and hackers suddenly have gone...

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    90% of the world online scammers and hackers

    It's crazy how these major tent poles of the modern internet - Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft - are all centered in the United States, but never bare any responsibility for the malicious traffic on their networks.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    The craziest part to me is that instead of dealing with bot traffic so they can tell advertisers actual people are seeing their ads, they're just adding age verification.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    You wouldn't believe that this was one of the narratives for justifying the invasion to Ukraine in early 2022. Russian social media was full of narratives basically saying that Ukrainians are no longer able to scam common Russians, because the so-called "scam centers" were hit by missiles.

    It's 2k26 and the same warmongering narrative is everywhere in the west social media. Y'all think you are invincible to propaganda, yet you're falling to it in the same way.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    I hate the US and Russia equally, i dont have a side in this. That being said, what are you actually saying here? I dont think anyone is saying we should invade Russia.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Nobody was talking about invading Ukraine before 2010, even in 2014 the idea about invasion was marginal: Crimea was something that wasn't generally perceived as a part of Ukraine (bc reasons, don't dive into it), while Donbass was washed as a separatist movement.

    But there was also a significant piece of propaganda that demonized the new Ukrainian government, its people, and the whole premise of Ukraine's existence. This propaganda was not a deliberate preparation for invasion, but a move that put the invasion card on Putin's table as an option.

    The very same is happening in the western media with the same methods used, like one discussed before. To have this option just in case they need to engage in a war with Russia.

    I hate the US and Russia equally

    As a Russian myself, I don't. They are not equal at all: Russia is an established authoritarian state with imperialistic ambitions, while the US is a fully fledged imperialist with authoritarian ambitions. They both deserve hate, but for different aspects

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Congratulations, you're now the first user I've removed a tag from. For some reason, I must've thought you were shilling for russia a few months ago, but this comment proves I had you tagged wrong.

    I don't think you honestly care, but if I had a biscuit to give you, I would give you a biscuit.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    As if I am myself immune to propaganda. Thanks for a daily reminder, kind stranger.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Hey, we all make mistakes sometimes. It takes integrity and strength to admit when we have and then correct course.

    I'd say at least 80% of people on the internet are more likely to dig their heels in and double down on the bit...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    I hate the US and Russia equally

    If I were a native or neighbor of one, I might hate it more than the other, merely due to proximity.

    I dont think anyone is saying we should invade Russia.

    I seem to recall a bunch of anti-Russia hawks saying exactly this when the invasion happened in '21. The US, the EU, the rest of the Asiatic continent - they were all told they needed to team up and crush Russia, once and for all.

    Now that the US has collapsed into a fascist regime marginally sympathetic to Russian white nationalism, the Keyboard Commandos of Reddit don't really expect Cheeto Mussolini Von Putinkisser to take the fight to Moscow.

    But I've also heard (1) Putin is senile / infirm / on death's door and regime change in Russia will come any day now and (2) The Russian military is absolutely on the brink of collapse, so another year or ten of drone skirmishes will be the end of the entire Russian armed forces with a bit of patience. Just a few hundred more billion to Ukraine will be the end of the Russian army absolutely for certain guaranteed. So we never really needed to invade directly, just finance an endless parade of mercenaries to get the job done.

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