Das Prinzip des Seins

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has overtaken Hillary Clinton on a Breitbart debate poll, despite a stream of overseas Clinton bots skewing the results in favour of the Democratic nominee. The original results of the poll were gleefully reported by networks such as CNN, who claimed the “far-right website Breitbart surprisingly had Hillary Clinton winning the final presidential debate by 6 percentage points early on Thursday.” However, Breitbart can now reveal that the poll was actually infiltrated by foreign IP addresses, with thousands of votes coming from countries such as Romania, Germany and South Korea, who overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton as the winner of the final presidential debate.

Als Sockenpuppe (englisch sockpuppet, auch Fakeaccount, Multiaccount oder Doppelnick; Plural auch Mehrfachkonten) bezeichnet man im Netzjargon ein zusätzliches Benutzerkonto, das aus verschiedenen Gründen angelegt ist. 2011 berichtete der britische The Guardian über eine in Auftrag gegebene Software, die es dem US-Militär erlauben soll, über Sockenpuppen Soziale Medien zu manipulieren. Ziel soll es demnach sein, unwillkommenen Meinungen entgegenzuwirken und falschen Konsens herzustellen.

Now, Trump’s Christmas has come early. Hillary herself was one of the last to hear about the development when it blew up because she was on her plane with, irony of all ironies, no Wi-Fi. By the time she walked off, with a forced smile and distinct slump to her shoulders, she will have calculated just how big a deal this is and what a massive problem it may prove to be. Hence the furious response from her campaign chief John Podesta demanding that Comey explain his actions. I can’t say I’m as surprised as many others that the email scandal has come back to haunt her.