• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    …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,

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

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

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    Ha, Russia, do you really think Danielle Smith needs any help hating trans people? We can manage just fine with good old Canadian conservative know how!

    … sigh…

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    China has “belts and roads”, Russia has “crab-bucket policy”