According to the comments r/europe_sub and r/canada_sub might be involved as well.

  • anus@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Sorry I thought this was more common, it’s definitely wall Street bets

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      17 minutes ago

      Do you mean investors are trying to manipulate stocks by planting stories? Yeah, I think so. But intelligence agencies have whole training programs on how to manipulate narratives, and a very long track record of doing so.

      See: Israel’s hasbara apparatus,

      GCHQ leaked documents on infiltrating and derailing socialist discussions,

      Church Committee Hearings,

      “The Cultural Cold War” by Frances Stonor Saunders.