Comment by a-dub

> Far-reaching anonymous political speech isn't a new thing. The speed and ease of disseminating speech is new, for sure.

yeah i suppose you're right, foreign intelligence operations designed to influence local politics have existed long before the internet. i think maybe the difference is, it can now be done at scale on a grassroots level at substantially reduced cost.

mix that with massive populations that are naive to common internet discussion traps and well, here we are.