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Cha

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22. Wow, amazing how the rw asshole putin has supporters on a Dem board! Or is it?

Reply to freshwest (Reply #18)

Thu May 14, 2015, 04:51 AM

May 2015

Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America

Russia’s campaign to shape international opinion around its invasion of Ukraine has extended to recruiting and training a new cadre of online trolls that have been deployed to spread the Kremlin’s message on the comments section of top American websites.

Plans attached to emails leaked by a mysterious Russian hacker collective show IT managers reporting on a new ideological front against the West in the comments sections of Fox News, Huffington Post, The Blaze, Politico, and WorldNetDaily.

The bizarre hive of social media activity appears to be part of a two-pronged Kremlin campaign to claim control over the internet, launching a million-dollar army of trolls to mold American public opinion as it cracks down on internet freedom at home.

MOre..
http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america#.rjxANxXDQ

FFin' Hypocrites.

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Nemtsov report claims hundreds of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine [View all] Blue_Tires May 2015 OP

I'll wait to see what RT.com has to say about it. randome May 2015 #1

link jakeXT May 2015 #2

LOL at that! Blue_Tires May 2015 #3

Read the comments below the article. DetlefK May 2015 #4

They need a lot of tin coffins a la Afghanistan to come back to Russia for a color revolution /nt jakeXT May 2015 #5

No color revolution. Russians long for the good old times of soviet dictatorship. DetlefK May 2015 #7

Russia doesn't know her place according to the Neocons jakeXT May 2015 #9

First: As if Russia and China don't have similar strategies. Second: ... DetlefK May 2015 #10

Mahalo, Detlef.. "Germany finally seeing Vladimir Putin for who he really is".. I don't know if you Cha May 2015 #21

Pictorial evidence to support this post! freshwest May 2015 #18

Wow, amazing how the rw asshole putin has supporters on a Dem board! Or is it? Cha May 2015 #22

Stop editorializing about something you have no clue about... MattSh May 2015 #6

I bet, he was talking about the murder of Nemtsov. DetlefK May 2015 #8

"Most Russians do" newthinking May 2015 #12

Cut the crap BainsBane May 2015 #16

This report proves you have been wrong all along BainsBane May 2015 #15

Oh, now you did it! *sound of microwave popcorn* freshwest May 2015 #17

"Germany finally seeing Vladimir Putin for who he really is".. Wanted you to see this, too, fresh.. Cha May 2015 #24

Oh boy. The spamming at that site resembles the Infowars crowd everywhere. Pathetic. n/t freshwest May 2015 #25

They have so much invested in protecting putin at all costs.. to the point of making themselves Cha May 2015 #20

not many russian roads lead to Ukraine and they're old roads. Was really easy to see even with Sunlei May 2015 #11

The paint is against insects, borers. Has nothing to do with invasions. Bernardo de La Paz May 2015 #13

Perfect example of social media theory gone awry. newthinking May 2015 #14

only the trees directly ajacent to the road, any cross road/ split road not a marked tree in sight. Sunlei May 2015 #19

Good.. some facts seeping out of Russia.. Good for the Left in Russia trying to bring the truth Cha May 2015 #23