r/PoursTea • u/Herefortheteaa_x • 1d ago

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u/CookieRelevant 1d ago

It turns out this was just a misinformation campaign. Sadly it looks like a lot of people fell for it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9y7l0pm8jkko

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u/redslipperydip 1d ago

I wish there was more information available on this. The BBC Verify article you linked says they were shown information by dTeam proving that misinformation bots were still active, but they don't show that information and I can't seem to find any other information on dTeam outside of the BBC.

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u/Desperate_Border6904 17h ago

Presumably the data isn't public so the bots don't get replaced. Like not tipping off a criminal the police knows about

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u/redslipperydip 14h ago

That makes sense. After commenting I also found the Mother Jones article about it and they had a lot more sources. I just was thrown by BBC Verify being like "trust me bro".