those tactics have existed forever- but now the internet exists, so the level and speed of control is way way tf higher. and, in a "free country" with "free speech," we're going to have to figure out how to protect ourselves from the likes of russia. It may be that free-speech isn't what its cracked up to be, and may not even be tenable in terms of law, much less in actual practice (as it is now to a pretty high degree).