r/technology • u/Regular_Eggplant_248 • Jul 21 '25

Social Media YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/youtube-channels-propaganda-china-russia.html
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u/mortalcoil1 Jul 22 '25

The best time to wipe out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others was 20 years ago.

The second best time is today.

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u/Nokomis34 Jul 22 '25

I was just talking with my wife how if we managed to remove all the bots from social media things would change almost immediately.

But this is what I've been talking about when I say we've been in the middle of WW3 for years, just the weapon is information (or misinformation if you will) instead of bombs. And so far the war has been pretty one sided. It's time we at least defend ourselves, much less start fighting back.

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u/SoFetchBetch Jul 22 '25

Yes! Media literacy needs to become trendy.

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u/azzers214 Jul 22 '25

The problem is, as much as I hate this, not everyone is going to be smart/wise enough. That's the part with algorithms/control people need to understand. Sure you and I can figure it out. It's slow-Jim over there that's the problem.

You can do better, but you can't engineer completely resistant people.