An Israeli firm is sending zero-click spyware through online ads
theverge.com
theverge.com
Edit: er, moved again to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101813.
If, instead of assuming sinister deeds, you (or anyone) would simply give us a heads-up at hn@ycombinator.com, we could fix it sooner. This is what eventually happened.
Edit: it turns out a submission of the original report has been on the frontpage for the last 9 hours, so I've merged the other threads into that one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101813.
But it's pretty clear that there was a concerted effort to suppress those posts by various actors who did have such intent. I do think it's a failing of the automated system that such suppression can be done at all.
Powerful corporations and nation states have always tried to maintain control over the flow of information. It was never really rules or regulations that kept them in check, but the practicalities of budgets and resourcing constraints. Now that those barriers are crumbling, I think the challenge of moderation will be much harder for all discussion going forward.
It's pretty sad that these "actors" are always trying to control the media.