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Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine
(kyivindependent.com)
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Do.... Do people care what the REAL scarlet Johansson, Jennifer Aniston or Elton John have to say about Ukraine defending itself and it's people against a fascist invasion?
I mean, I find their stuff entertaining, sure, but like.... Why would I listen to their tactical analysis in the first place?
Of course people are swayed by celebrities. I'm surprised you even have to ask that. Celebrity worship is huge in Western culture. Taylor Swift told her fans to register to vote and thousands did just because she said so.
Literally the perfect person for Russia to target
I think they already did. There were rumors she would support Biden and I thought "will she get Kremlin shills attacking her on social media?" Over the next few weeks there was a bunch of noise about her private jet.
It's the same thing as putting typos in phishing emails so you only target stupid people.
Yes!
As stupid as it sounds people trust them more than the experts. We live in the post truth times anyway.
"This is terrible, can someone please find Ja Rule ?"
Pray for Omarion
I mean, Jennifer Anniston and Taylor Swift DID lead the armies in the congo jungles against the contra groups of the 1980s.....They have military experience!!!
Yes they do. A few weeks ago everyone on here cared what George clooneys wife was saying about Israel.
You mean Amal Clooney, the international Human Rights Lawyer? The adjunct professor of law at Columbia University? Advisor to the International Criminal Court? That Amal Clooney?
The fact that she's married to a celebrity is the least interesting thing about her in the context of Israel and the ICC.
And I will once again say that the actor should be referred to as "Amal Clooney's husband" rather than the other way around.
My favourite description under a picture of the two in a (German) newspaper read (paraphrased): Civil right's attorney Amal Clooney and her husband, an actor.
*Coffee Salesman
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Did you think we wouldn't look at your link or do you think trying to get attention and a rapid response to atrocities is a bad thing?
Calling it a spy satellite implies it's doing something nefarious. It's not. Calling it something like a monitoring satellite would be more accurate because it's doing the same thing for human rights that a weather monitoring satellite is doing for warning people about hurricanes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconnaissance_satellite
Spy satellite is the popular nomenclature though Recon or Intel satellite are more accurate.
Honestly I'll get down voted but sure.
Nobody knew who she was before.
Plenty of people knew who she was before. You didn't, because you don't pay attention to international human rights struggles.