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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:31 PM Nov 2017

ABC: Former employees expose inner workings of Russian troll farm

Just one thing to keep in mind as so-called progressives focus on attacking Democrats.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/employees-expose-workings-russian-troll-farm/story?id=50866368

On the outskirts of St. Petersburg, Russia, inside an unassuming office building, people who claim to have worked there say Internet trolls are hard at work, exploiting America's deepest divisions.

When ABC News' Dan Harris and his team walked into the building, it was clear they were not welcome as a man walked up to them, yelling in Russian and ushering them out.

Even though the 2016 U.S. election has ended, U.S. lawmakers say, the trolls are still pumping out social-media posts on divisive issues such as the NFL kneeling controversy and the deadly car-ramming in Charlottesville, North Carolina.

An undercover video that former trolls say they shot in 2015 appears to show tight security and rows of trolls, typing away.
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ABC: Former employees expose inner workings of Russian troll farm (Original Post) TomCADem Nov 2017 OP
Do we (the US) ever cyber attack and have BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #1

BigmanPigman

(51,609 posts)
1. Do we (the US) ever cyber attack and have
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 10:35 PM
Nov 2017

trolls and bot farms to use against PUTIN? I guess that is a stupid question since how would we even know.

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