Agreed that what we're seeing are Internet-enabled implementations of old
practices. I think that there has been a recent renewal of awareness of how
effective these dark arts can be at generating revenue and perhaps
affecting political systems.
Over the years, a number of people and organizations
Pine wrote:
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> I'm finding it encouraging to see that a number of researchers and
> journalists are taking these problems seriously, trying to understand them,
> and trying to improve the situation.
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/misinformation-on-social-media-could-outfox-technical-solu
