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Is anyone else noticing an uptick in far-right content and Russian propaganda on reddit lately?

To me it almost seems like reddit has started pushing it.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The russian propagandist has no shame these days. They openly flaunt their nationality and their influence over US media. It's shameful and americans should ostracize these people. They are all soo scared of brown people voting in their election but give no shits when it comes to russians, a foreign adversary, pushing their agenda through propagandizing americans.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Also on YouTube

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It's everywhere. I'm guessing they have a lot extra free money to spend on propaganda now that they allies with the US.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I'm just seeing a lot of sanitation of reddit. Must be making it advertiser friendly or kissing up to the admin.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I only frequent one closed group on Reddit - the only reason I still have my account. I gather this group to be quite safe. The main page, though, is a mess, USNazis and Russians way to frequent.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yes. I noticed it. It's maddening. On certain things, half or more if the posts are Russian assets or bots. Reddit could do something about it, but in classic corporate fashion, the Russians increased their user engagement metrics, so they won't do anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I dont doubt it. What kind of topics? And how can you tell they're bots?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Have you visited ''Ukraine'' on lemmy? No need to go to reddit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I had to leave about a year ago because of this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (10 children)

No. You’re seeing what the news looks like without USAID funding propaganda to drown out the truth. A majority of media outlets in Ukraine were taking money from them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/07/ukraine-russia-independent-media-trump-usaid/

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Yes, and it's coupled with a significant amount of censorship and increased bot activity pushing right wing and Russian talking points. It's simply not an open platform at this point.

And this is by design. Now that they've spent the last 20 years collecting your content to teach their bots how to write, all they want now is your attention, not your voice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

An uptick? Nah, it's always been that way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Apparently far-right and russian people/bots.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Of course, cause all the cool kids moved to Lemmy. They are the only ones left over there.

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