MonsterMonster to World [email protected]English • 14 days agoConvicted Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliamentwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1460
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minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish8•13 days agoA couple of points: Yes, Russia was involved in the social media propaganda: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/how-svetlana-and-friends-took-to-the-brexit-cause-fcb3bd0db?region=global The voters had precious little idea what it was they were actually voting on: https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/06/24/480949383/britains-google-searches-for-what-is-the-eu-spike-after-brexit-vote
minus-squarevegetvslinkfedilink2•13 days agoYou do realize that makes it even more disappointing, right? I mean, trying to understand what Brexit was after voting for it? My goodness.
minus-square@[email protected]MlinkfedilinkEnglish4•13 days agoOh, god yes. Wrong time to be Googling that shit!
A couple of points:
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/how-svetlana-and-friends-took-to-the-brexit-cause-fcb3bd0db?region=global
https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/06/24/480949383/britains-google-searches-for-what-is-the-eu-spike-after-brexit-vote
You do realize that makes it even more disappointing, right? I mean, trying to understand what Brexit was after voting for it? My goodness.
Oh, god yes. Wrong time to be Googling that shit!