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The Russian Troll Factory is Planning to Flash Mob the White House on Donald Trump’s Birthday
Read more: The Russian Troll Factory is Planning to Flash Mob the White House on Donald Trump’s BirthdayThe event will mark the launch of the factory’s new grassroots anti-US media campaign It’s been a busy few months for the Internet Research Agency (IRA), better known as the Russian troll factory. In February, the Justice Department issued an indictment to prosecute 13 IRA “kremlebots” for allegedly meddling in the 2016 US election. Since…
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Russian Law Being Used to Prevent the Disclosure of Banned Websites
Read more: Russian Law Being Used to Prevent the Disclosure of Banned WebsitesRussia’s media regulator is preventing Google from disclosing thousands of URLs that were banned under so-called “VPN law” For the past week or so, Google has been embroiled in a censorship war over Russia’s attempts to ban instant messaging service Telegram. Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor banned Telegram after the company refused to hand over encryption…
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Job Ad for Russian Troll Farm Gets a Boost
Read more: Job Ad for Russian Troll Farm Gets a BoostRound-up of news coverage re: job ad for Russian troll farm Yesterday, I blogged about a job ad inviting English-speaking journalists to join The Federal News Agency, a pro-Kremlin website operated by the Russian troll farm. The story was subsequently picked up by The Daily Beast, Political Wire, and POTUS Press Pool. Via “Russia’s Internet Research…
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The Russian Troll Factory is Recruiting English-Speaking Journalists to Fight “Political Censorship” After Facebook Ban
Read more: The Russian Troll Factory is Recruiting English-Speaking Journalists to Fight “Political Censorship” After Facebook BanThe “Wake up, America!” campaign will “focus on promoting information and problems that are hushed up by major American publications controlled by the US political elite” It’s been a rough couple of months for the Internet Research Agency (IRA). In February, 13 members of the so-called “Russian troll factory” were indicted for allegedly interfering in…
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Letters to Kim Jong-un
Read more: Letters to Kim Jong-unSan Diego presidential hopeful Matthew Pinnavaia was endorsed by Russian propagandists after he criticised U.S. foreign policy towards North Korea. Here he shares his outreach efforts to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un Earlier this month I blogged about San Diego presidential hopeful Matthew Pinnavaia. In 2015, Pinnavaia made headlines in Russia after he sent an…
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Russian Troll Factory Whistleblower Blasts Media
Read more: Russian Troll Factory Whistleblower Blasts MediaWhistleblower Lyudmila Savchuk criticises media misrepresentations of her by Fox News, The Daily Mail, The Los Angeles Times, and others Last week, I published archived job ads for the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a pro-Putin “troll factory” based in St. Petersburg that was recently indicted for allegedly meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Via “Here Are…
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BuzzFeed Unearths Recruitment Ads for Russian Troll Factory
Read more: BuzzFeed Unearths Recruitment Ads for Russian Troll FactoryThe notorious troll factory posted ads on Russian job websites in mid-2014 and 2015 while allegedly engaged in operations to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election Yesterday, I blogged that the recently indicted Russian troll factory, Internet Research Agency (IRA), recruited its U.S. election-meddling troll army of “kremlebots” via conspicuous online job ads, then allegedly expected…
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Russian Election Trolls Were Recruited via Online Job Posts
Read more: Russian Election Trolls Were Recruited via Online Job PostsRussian troll factory recruited “kremlebots” via conspicuous online job ads, allegedly expected applicants to work for free Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice released the latest round of indictments in the federal investigation into alleged election meddling. The indictments name 13 Russian nationals who allegedly “engaged in operations to interfere with elections and political…
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