Warnings over political spamouflage

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

A NBC News segment on an Atlas Report warning of political spamouflage — where foreign actors create fake social media accounts to disrupt the very open town square of American politics and our free speech. You can watch the video below or read the report here.

Oregon Catalyst had to disable comments on their blog after nearly 15 years because of a steady stream of over-the-top toxic participants who were hell-bent on sabotaging everybody else on the platform on a daily basis. Others, seeming to pose as conservatives would say scandalous things that no real conservative would say. If studies say there are people paid to toss social media bombs in other countries like America, it seems like it would be an easy thing to believe.