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[–] PM_ME_UR_NOODZ ago  (edited ago)

tl:dr but I made it a couple paragraphs.

I would expect many governments to have separate teams one to collect data and another team that actually gets involved and tries to influence shit. Ome would gather info for analysis and to measure the effectiveness of the I'm sure the nsa does it to monitor Americans and gather data to assist in domestic surveillance, the CIA & state department probably does the same shit to keep an eye on public sentiment elsewhere and increase the effectiveness of propaganda. I would expect UK, China, Russia, Iran, France, Australia, Israel, Japan, and others to all do the same sort of things. It's publicly available info that is easily recorded and aggregated, so there's no reason for organizations with the interest and the resources to not do it.