Daniel Koss(@daniel_koss):Please take a second to really think about this. I know when someone tells you "you're being manipulated on Social Media" you instinctively have this "duh, obviously" reaction. Just like with Marketing in general, we all think we're immune to it and it's the "other" and the "stupid" people who fall for it. Meanwhile it's super obvious to us when looking at everyone else we know how THEY are influenced by a ton of manipulative marketing, sales or political messages. The conclusion is obviously that ALL OF US are heavily manipulated by millions of manipulative messages we receive every day that are NOT in our best interest. It's really worth pointing that out every once in a while. Just know that on X you're NOT safe either. Fake account "influence operations" are real. I worked in this field for many years and most people, even very very high IQ and chronically online people, have no idea how much they are being manipulated by fake accounts every single day. Always stay a little skeptical about senders when consuming content online and at the very least make sure the poster is a real person.

2026.08.28 13:00

Please take a second to really think about this. I know when someone tells you "you're being manipulated on Social Media" you instinctively have this "duh, obviously" reaction. Just like with Marketing in general, we all think we're immune to it and it's the "other" and the "stupid" people who fall for it. Meanwhile it's super obvious to us when looking at everyone else we know how THEY are influenced by a ton of manipulative marketing, sales or political messages. The conclusion is obviously that ALL OF US are heavily manipulated by millions of manipulative messages we receive every day that are NOT in our best interest. It's really worth pointing that out every once in a while. Just know that on X you're NOT safe either. Fake account "influence operations" are real. I worked in this field for many years and most people, even very very high IQ and chronically online people, have no idea how much they are being manipulated by fake accounts every single day. Always stay a little skeptical about senders when consuming content online and at the very least make sure the poster is a real person.

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Global Government Affairs@GlobalAffairs

2026.08.28 00:17

The X Safety team conducted an investigation into suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations: We identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts. Within this farm, we found 200 accounts posting in a manner that could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy. These posts contained claims that AI data centers are driving up household electricity prices and straining the grid. Others included AI-generated cartoons that depicted data-center operators enriching themselves at the public's expense. We remain committed to maintaining an open and authentic platform where people debate topics of public interest. We take seriously any attempts to undermine the integrity of the global town square and suspend accounts that violate our Authenticity policy.

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