[somelamer567]

> No more anonymous internet usage

And given the torrent of inauthentic "right wing" commentators nudging public opinion on the BBC's Have Your Say, the Daily Mail and Reddit, I'm not entirely sure this will be a bad thing.

Recall that Iran cut off the internet for university exams, and the volume of posting by Scottish pro-independence accounts on Twitter/X dropped 98%. Food for thought.

[angryscot25]

Are you thinking of the US bombing Iran perhaps? Assuming they are running such a disinformation campaign (which is the theory you are talking about) why would they shoot themselves in the foot and cut their own spooks' connection off? And you're off by almost two order of magnitudes, the study in question found that 4% of pro-indy activity was linked to Iranian controlled attacks (and I am highly doubtful of Twitter's influence in that debate in 2025...)

[philipallstar]

> And given the torrent of inauthentic "right wing" commentators nudging public opinion on the BBC's Have Your Say, the Daily Mail and Reddit, I'm not entirely sure this will be a bad thing.

Reddit is the most left-wing moderated, fedora-tipping regime it's possible to get.

[astroflection]

Correlation is not causation.