This is just extension of NGOs, NED, color revolution etc strategies. Yeah people have "right" to self determine and revolt against repressive govs that just happens to be geopolitical adversaries of west, but flip side of that is they also have right to be manipulated into thinking so, or at least past the threshold from thought to action that just happens to destabilize in ways that benefit interests of those who fund said manipulation. There's a reason why western NGO proliferated everywhere and serve as fronts for espionage / manipulation efforts. Now unrestricted internet allow nations with limited physical discourse power - those who can't afford or doesn't have cultural cachet to setup NGOs or thinktanks in territories they want to influence - to manipulate public via online influence programs that rival reach of much better funded actors.