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Originally Posted by Robbob
Bots on social media is a little different than these donations that are so easy to follow. It is being done in plain sight and wouldn't take much to stop it. Doing nothing just condones the practice.
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Nah, I don't see any difference between a lobby group trying to influence the message during an election and foreign bots trying to do the same thing over social media.
Also, who is going to stop Tides from donating? Why would Press Progress stop taking donations from them?
Doing nothing about bots also condones complacency and can have negative impacts on elections. But in a world of digital communication, you're fighting an uphill battle.