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		greggsy on March 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. is investigating Meta for role in drug sales It’s interesting to see them as a form of DDoS, like a distributed denial of engagement.

bboygravity on March 18, 2024 [–]

That's been done WAYYYY back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%C3%B1abot

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That was like 10+ years ago.

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