Is this really a surprise to anyone though? Especially after the last few years?

From Republican funded sources

You mean Meta?

I left Facebook in 2015 because this couldn’t have been more obvious back then..

I suppose I didn’t know the country/countries of origin. But given Russia’s close ties to the USA right wing… I had two very educated guesses.

Facebook is a tool for manipulating people. It’s no different that mass religion at this point. Same goals.

> In total, 39 Facebook accounts, two Groups, 16 Pages and 26 Instagram accounts were said to be involved in the network, which spent around $2,500 on Facebook ads.

Yea, sure, proof it was official? The DoD has 1.3 million active duty service members, 770,000 National Guard and 740,000 directly employed civilians (not subcontractors). That a few of them got together on their own and do this from their work computers is not unreasonable.

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I think the funniest part is Facebook calling someone "inauthentic".

Self awareness, zero.

They were pushing vile right wing rhetoric like being critical of the Iranian government and supporting women's rights.

They left that out of the story because mainstream media invited invented misinformation, and you fell for it lmao

> ...disinformation networks, one of which appears to originate from the US.

Yeah, that's called the republican party.