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Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta? (www.stalbertgazette.com)
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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 62 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

...Reddit forums for several small Alberta cities experienced a sudden influx of accounts downvoting 2SLGBTQI+ related posts and spamming the comments section with inflammatory content.

When Reddit’s year end recaps were released ... they indicated Russia was the third most common country of origin for users visiting many of these subreddits,

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 25 points 8 months ago

I'm just honoured to be considered threatening enough to bother with interfering.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago

Shouldn’t all the Russian disinfo spammers use Chinese VPNs & vice versa, throw off the scent?

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