<Brexit>

[Wonkie]

My state(WA-US) is currently trying to get a voter-approved referendum(i976) thrown out in court.

Allowing it to take effect would derail([You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]) other voter-approved projects, but the voters did vote for it.

Brexit means Brexit?

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Wonkie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My state(WA-US) is currently trying to get a voter-approved referendum(i976) thrown out in court.

Allowing it to take effect would derail([You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]) other voter-approved projects, but the voters did vote for it.

Brexit means Brexit?

Scotland voted against independence from UK (as independence from UK would mean Scotland would have to reapply to be an EU member and Scots want to be in EU). UK (well, England really, but its more populous than the other nations) voted against staying in the EU.

Basically Scotland voted twice to stay in the EU but it is getting dragged put anyway.

Seems like the Scots and Democracy are natural enemies groundskeeperwilly.jpg

[feniin]

Suspected Campaign from Russia on Reddit

We were recently made aware of a post on Reddit that included leaked documents from the UK. We investigated this account and the accounts connected to it, and today we believe this was part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia.

Earlier this year Facebook discovered a Russian campaign on its platform, which was further analyzed by the Atlantic Council and dubbed “Secondary Infektion.” Suspect accounts on Reddit were recently reported to us, along with indicators from law enforcement, and we were able to confirm that they did indeed show a pattern of coordination. We were then able to use these accounts to identify additional suspect accounts that were part of the campaign on Reddit. This group provides us with important attribution for the recent posting of the leaked UK documents, as well as insights into how adversaries are adapting their tactics.

In late October, an account u/gregoratior posted the leaked documents and later reposted by an additional account u/ostermaxnn. Additionally, we were able to find a pocket of accounts participating in vote manipulation on the original post. All of these accounts have the same shared pattern as the original Secondary Infektion group detected, causing us to believe that this was indeed tied to the original group.

Outside of the post by u/gregoratior, none of these accounts or posts received much attention on the platform, and many of the posts were removed either by moderators or as part of normal content manipulation operations. The accounts posted in different regional subreddits, and in several different languages.

Karma distribution:

0 or less: 42
1 - 9: 13
10 or greater: 6
Max Karma: 48
As a result of this investigation, we are banning 1 subreddit and 61 accounts under our policies against vote manipulation and misuse of the platform. As we have done with previous influence operations, we will also preserve these accounts for a time, so that researchers and the public can scrutinize them to see for themselves how these accounts operated.

Russia is that shitbird kid that used to get between you and your best friend by starting fights with rumors/lies.

[Teppler]

Originally Posted by feniin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Suspected Campaign from Russia on Reddit



Russia is that shitbird kid that used to get between you and your best friend by starting fights with rumors/lies.

Report brought to you by the George Soros Open Society.

[feniin]

Originally Posted by Teppler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Report brought to you by the George Soros Open Society.

[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Are you making up some more things again without any sort of evidence? Going to post those law scholars that said Trump shouldn't be impeached?

[Jimjam]

I'm confused. Were the leaked documents actually leaked documents or fake?

Reddit protecting the government by aiding them in keep secrets from the people in the lead up to an election seems kind of ... Sinister? Even if it were russian bots that exposed the documents.

Is that what was happening? It's all very vague.

[Thrombosis]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm confused. Were the leaked documents actually leaked documents or fake?

Reddit protecting the government by aiding them in keep secrets from the people in the lead up to an election seems kind of ... Sinister? Even if it were russian bots that exposed the documents.

Is that what was happening? It's all very vague.

The authenticity of the documents hasn't been questions AFAIK, they're just old and supposedly out of date. There's just a certain irony that after 3 years of blaming Russia for Brexit, without much evidence mind, it now seems that Russia is doing its best to back the only party who have a chance of stopping Brexit.

Quite worrying Russia was able to get their hands on these documents though as they were supposed to have been classified.

[Thrombosis]

https://twitter.com/britainelects/st...52183774498816

Scottish Independence voting intention:

No: 56% (+5)
Yes: 44% (-5)

via @YouGov
, 03 - 06 Dec
Chgs. w/ Sep

Interesting...

[feniin]

Would be super interesting if Scotland was independent and NI returned back to the Republic of Ireland. What the hell would England and Wales call themselves?

[tinklepee]

Wangland