Gernot WagnerJun 8, 2023
If you thought it couldn't get any nuttier
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/08/army-of-fake-social-media-accounts-defend-uae-presidency-of-climate-summit
#climate #COP28
Army of fake social media accounts defend UAE presidency of climate summit

Sultan Al Jaber – Cop28 president and CEO of state oil firm – is ‘ally the climate movement needs’, posts say

The Guardian
Show threadMushifoot
@gwagner AI spambots & troll farms will basically kill social media. Already well underway.
Jun 8, 2023 at 7:24pmWeb
Show threadFahri Reza 🍉Jun 9, 2023
@AdditionalQuench @gwagner Melon wasted 40 bill. to kill bird app for nothing
Show threadMushifootJun 9, 2023
@dozymoe @gwagner Like a big dumb murder of an exotic species that also happens to be facing an extinction level event.