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I&#x27;ve made attempts to reach out to some of my old friends there on the T&amp;S team in light of some evidence really blatant Russian agitprop thriving and finding an audience there. Between this and the Zhang memo, however, it looks quite doubtful that I&#x27;d be able to do much more than reconnect and share a rather depressing lunch as they explain that their hands are tied because of executive will.<p>The IRA and&#x2F;or its successors or friends appear to have taken the same approach as Russian security services have with the rash of targeted murders in Europe, with a &quot;this totally isn&#x27;t our doing, but anyone slightly educated on the subject will recognize our hand, because we want them to be aware that it&#x27;s us and we don&#x27;t actually mind people knowing&quot; wink wink nudge nudge threadbare veneer of disclaiming responsibility.<p>Normally, I wouldn&#x27;t really care: the 2016 stuff everyone made a fuss about on social media was largely ineffective and at best served as a smokescreen to distract from their very successful actions outside social media--Buff Bernie is a lasting meme treasure and nothing more. This go &#x27;round, however, they&#x27;ve apparently learned from their mistakes, and I&#x27;m seeing.evidence that personal friends _are_ receiving and and are influenced by their messaging.<p>I thankfully haven&#x27;t really had to watch any family or friends succumb to the Fox News media poison, and thought my social circles largely insulated from that sort of problem, but I was apparently quite wrong--right about _what_ wouldn&#x27;t influence people, but blind to the idea that other actors would follow the same model and create content that _would_ suck in their target audience.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;evelyndouek" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;evelyndouek</a> is a good source of reporting about Facebook and other social media cos&#x27; continued lackluster attempts to stand up potemkin independent review bodies, if you want more info on the space and can stomach more disheartening news.