I'm just as confused as you are.

The economic value seems literally negative and the influence on the discourse massive and much too unpredictable.

The recent Romanian election where a focused botnet created a pro russian candidate from thin air 2 weeks before the election _and got him elected president_ should really be proof enough that the state of things is unnatural.

> why countries don't simply block facebook

because everyone currently in power has used it to get there

why would they block their best weapon?

The people rely on them too much, sadly

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