> I personally think HN might have been targeted (though Meta isn't announcing the smaller forums).

Perhaps. I'm sure most countries target all social media for 'influence'. But you hardly ever see pro-china 'influence'. 99% of the online 'influence' is anti china or anti-ccp. I'd love to see who is behind that as that's the real problem online.

99% of online propaganda is anti-china, anti-russia, etc. But the propagandists say pro-china or pro-russia online 'influence' is the problem. Hmmm.