• Kissaki@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    4 months ago
    • Awareness of influence - of private and foreign huge social media platforms onto public discourse, opinion development, and political landscape
    • Increasing foreign agent campaigns to influence and sabotage Europe governments and society
    • Increased awareness of such foreign influences
    • Unexpected/Unpredictable shifts in popularity [is how I read it]

    with many concerns focused on how a TikTok campaign managed to propel an unknown candidate from obscurity

    • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      The change in EU response is very rapid. Bulgaria had national elections just days before. With politicians also using the same publisher for promotion.

      with many concerns focused on how a TikTok campaign managed to propel an unknown candidate from obscurity

      Obviously not unknown to the voters. Might the problem be that the person was unknown to the members of the EU parliament?