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Palantir may be engaging in a coordinated disinformation campaign by astroturfing these news-related subreddits: r/world, r/newsletter, r/investinq, and r/tech_news (redlib.tiekoetter.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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According to the comments r/europe_sub and r/canada_sub might be involved as well.

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 158 points 3 weeks ago (25 children)

Setting aside the veritable TITAN-loads of shady shit Palsntir is up to, it's also worth noting that Reddit's policy changes have made it clear that providing a platform for the spread of disinformation is a central part of its current business model, so I'd assume that not only is Palantir using it for that purpose, but that they are far from alone.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 16 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

Reddit’s policy changes have made it clear that providing a platform for the spread of disinformation is a central part of its current business model

I left reddit years ago, what are these policy changes that you're talking about and how do they relate to spreading "disinformation"?

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

My take: removing API access and banning mods who protested saying that this would centralize tooling (removing 3p access), plus banning users who mentioned Musk or Luigi as "violent" are clear indicators that they are disinformation sympathetic, despite the primarily "left wing" seeming content that remains. Also a lot of promoted content is disinformation, as can be seen in minutes of browsing.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Vibes. Got it.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I mean, usually people don't say "I am disinforming you, hah!". We can only rely on that weird feeling that something isn't right. That's what makes it so pernicious compared to plain good faith misinformation.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you interpret from the words "policy changes" but they dont usually refer to a weird feeling.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Funny that's exactly the zeitgeist of 1930s Germany.

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