I have so many thoughts, but I’ll just note — as someone who worked to counter Chinese influence operations for much of his career — the network that most resembles them in terms of parroting insane claims without evidence and sewing division is, unsurprisingly, Fox.
@paleofuture.bsky.socialFox News: "If you only watch one side or you only watch the other, you were doing great harm to yourself by not exposing yourself to more viewpoints. Well, take that and multiply it by a thousand. You know, that's what targeted algorithms do on platforms like Bluesky..."
This whole clip is amazing.
