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		themitigating on Oct 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Leaked documents outline DHS’s plans to police dis... What does ownership have to do with misinformation? A hostile power can spread misinformation through services owned by them or not.

SpicyLemonZest on Oct 31, 2022 [–]

Owning a major communications service allows them to spread misinformation that's not popular enough to go viral normally, as well as suppressing true information that they find inconvenient.

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