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Kremlin's role in the creation of social media
Those of us who have followed early social media will remember the importance of Milner's DST investment in Facebook. Facebook received $100M at the time, and this allowed them to scale up and dominate social media. He also invested in a variety of other S... (www.wired.com) posted 3mo ago with 7 replies history startups

Kremlin's role in th

Good questions. The very least what Kremlin got was an insight into how decisions are made within Silicon Valley -- and this informed (and ensured the viability of!) strategic decisions like:... 3mo ago

Good questions. The

OP here, can you please clarify what was my suggestion that sounds 'conspiratorial'? I don't think influence operations or vested interests are typically conspiratorial. In this particular case, I don't think there's anything conspiratorial at all - other ... 2mo ago

OP here, can you ple

$100M investment into Facebook and more is pretty relevant evidence that Kremlin had a much greater degree of both influence in and stake in social media -- supported by research that somehow failed to spread in social media.... 2mo ago

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