I think this is one possible outcome that no-one seems to be talking about

The US might ruin XHS by using a bot/troll army to spur conflict and hate there. The US DoD has admitted to launching a disinformation campaign using hundreds of fake accounts to discredit Sinovac. So it won’t be surprising if they try a similar tactic of using bots and fake accounts in XHS especially since there would be fewer qualms.

https://theconversation.com/us-military-launched-a-secret-anti-vax-campaign-in-the-philippines-heres-why-im-not-surprised-232639

This is short, but I’m just sharing my concerns…

  • ViVerVo@lemmygrad.mlOPEnglish
    6·
    15 days ago

    Holy fuck, the more I read in to the bot campaign, the more infuriated and horrified I get

    “As it relates to Covid-19 disinformation, China [in 2020] initiated a disinformation campaign to falsely blame the United States for the spread of Covid-19,” Lawrence noted. “In line with the US National Defense Strategy, the DoD continues to build integrated deterrence against critical challenges to US national security, including deterring the PRC’s spread of disinformation under the scrutiny of the Department’s coordination and deconfliction process,” she said.

    They are literally using “Whataboutism”, except spreading vaccine denial actually gets people KILLED.

    According to the document, the Pentagon also conceded it had “made some missteps in our COVID related messaging” but assured the Philippines that the military “has vastly improved oversight and accountability of information operations” since 2022.

    Oops-poopsies, we promise we won’t cause suffering and death the next time we deploy our bot army because we’re “Transparent” and “Accountable” (especially after we allotted 1.6 Billion dollars to badmouth China) Tee-hee-hee

    Who gives a flying fuck about “spooky wumaos” when the US bot army actually got people KILLED

    https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1227042

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us-told-philippines-it-made-missteps-secret-anti-vax-propaganda-effort-2024-07-26/

    • supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      15 days ago

      And they will do it again too. Some ghouls are beyond redemption. Imagine working on something like this and not thinking to yourself, “like wtf am I even doing?”