Reality is Warped When You Pay for 'Perception Management' (or: Bill Gates Pays Twitter for Propaganda)

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-07-05 23:18:16 UTC
Modified: 2021-07-07 22:13:05 UTC

There are Gates-sponsored "tweets" (paid-for cruft) added to my timeline today

Public relations and Reality of Microsoft

Posted just over an hour ago:

Update: Two days have passed and it's still happening. Screenshot below.

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Reality is Warped When You Pay for 'Perception Management' (or: Bill Gates Pays Twitter for Propaganda)

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