I'm dating myself with this, but I remember a time where communication over the internet was niche enough [read: required enough effort] that not everyone was using it and so governments didn't spend their time and money astroturfing online.
I would say there is a difference in media and mass media regarding use for propaganda purposes. What you remember is internet beind a “media”, and now its mass media
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u/BOBOnobobo Desktop Jun 17 '26
Well put.
I hate how the media has just become a vessel of indoctrination.