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autoexec · 2023-09-26 21:35:37

Why do you think they didn't try to interfere in the 2020 election?

birdyrooster | karma 2335 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2021-01-06 22:58:48

Sure, but they didn't interfere in the election of the President. Open your eyes.

ficklepickle | karma 1600 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2021-02-05 21:39:11+00:00

They never claimed it was exploited in the wild nor that it affected the results of the 2020 US election .

pknopf | karma 1010 | avg karma 1.9 · | 2018-11-15 23:41:54+00:00

But there was an election around the corner, they can't be bothered with any of that.

JMCQ87 | karma 220 | avg karma 3.28 · | 2017-05-03 15:11:16+00:00

They don't want politics to get active to interfere with their business.

x86_64Ubuntu | karma 2850 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2021-06-04 12:41:41

AOC and other folks on the left aren't actively trawling for people to overthrow the US government or overturn elections.

0xbear | karma 900 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2017-10-22 22:38:07

There is so far no evidence of them influencing the election in any way.

such12 | karma 49 | avg karma 0.58 · | 2022-10-28 19:19:50

You mean they haven’t actually done anything to undermine election results?

dragonwriter | karma 118260 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2017-09-07 00:12:27+00:00

Yes, if there is nothing substantial to interfere with, it's not possible to have meaningful interference, and therefore alleged “interference” is not, as such, a source of concern. (The acts alleged as interference may be concerning for other reasons, but not as election interference.)

sp332 | karma 55607 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2016-03-24 11:51:37+00:00

This wasn't part of a campaign. And the vote was over already so it wasn't trying to get out the vote for Trump either.

eswoo | karma 4 | avg karma 0.67 · | 2018-02-05 20:52:34

Antiviral doesn't claim anything one way or the other about an attempt to influence Trump; just the election.

xenospn | karma 767 | avg karma 0.57 · | 2024-05-22 23:01:29

Honestly, I don’t think they had to do a lot of political maneuvering. They were just allowed to grow unchecked, and no one was bothered. Until now.

sparsely | karma 813 | avg karma 3.53 · | 2024-02-06 14:11:20

Conspiring is maybe strong, but it isn't in any of their interests to stop it happening.

gshdg | karma 986 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2019-08-13 11:46:54+00:00

And the politicians and voting machine companies didn’t GAF.

briandear | karma 2865 | avg karma 0.45 · | 2018-04-11 13:02:17

Not to influence elections.

dsfyu404ed | karma 7424 | avg karma 0.98 · | 2023-02-04 18:41:26

Because it wasn't a political kerfuffle then and they weren't gonna be the ones to make it into one.

monadic2 | karma 658 | avg karma 0.58 · | 2020-08-25 22:30:45

They didn't poll funding.

trendoid | karma 228 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2019-02-08 05:05:09+00:00

They have President's blessing, who is already acting above national security interest. So yeah, they don't care.

gorgoiler | karma 8532 | avg karma 3.82 · | 2021-04-23 06:33:29

But certainly the government wouldn’t get involved unless they thought there might be a vote or two in it for them.

cplusplusfellow | karma 432 | avg karma 1.46 · | 2022-02-11 08:21:33

And we shouldn’t be surprised when they politically witch hunt and otherwise get nothing accomplished.