Here on TFSA we have had a sudden flood of posts / attempted posts around issues of race in the USA.

One theme has been the protests around the death of George Floyd.
The second theme is around the disproportionate death rate from COVID-19 when split by race in the USA.

Without doubt, both are significant social issues around race and racism in the USA. What is curious about the posts on TFSA though is the source of the activism.

We have had a series of new profiles registering and promoting remarkably similar content and themes. The profiles claim to be from various parts of South Africa. However, Akismet is throwing a fit. And tracing the origin via IP is showing the posts as coming from China. Coincidentally we have also had a post in the same run commenting on what a fantastic job China did with the epidemic.

As many will know I am a staunch supporter of freedom of speech, but stoking the fires in foreign countries...
There's a part of me that feels this is not far off actionable abuse of the social media medium.

Something of a heads-up for regular visitors to TFSA as to what you may be seeing right now (which is actually the tip of the iceberg). And a plea for you to share any views you may have on the topic.

ps. This gem was posted from Russia - also part of the same run.