Disinformation, propagated on the internet, influenced last year’s US presidential election. The degree of influence is impossible to gauge with precision, of course, but there is no denying the vast scale of malicious attempts by the Internet Research Agency — a Kremlin-linked troll farm — to sway US public opinion. Revelations on that subject in US congressional hearings this week should give pause to anyone who cares about democracy.
在互联网上传播的虚假信息,影响了去年的美国总统大选。当然,影响程度无法精确估量,但不可否认的是,一个与克里姆林宫有关联的“喷子制造厂”(troll farm)——“互联网研究机构”(Internet Research Agency),付出了巨大规模的恶意努力,试图左右美国舆论。最近美国国会听证会上曝光的情况,应该让关心民主体制的所有人深思。
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