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Putin sets his cyber sights on Britain: Russian president is set to unleash 'troll farms' on the West and could 'deploy saboteurs' to the UK - after Kremlin propagandists simulated NUKING Europe
2022-05-02
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Rantburg was 'just practice'
  • The Kremlin is ramping up the info war on Ukraine via a network of 'troll farms'

  • Troll farms pay workers to saturate social media with pro-Putin, pro-war content

  • One leading troll farm is Cyber Front Z, headquartered in St. Petersburg

  • It helps Russian citizens to wage organised and targeted social media attacks

  • Troll farms also aim to create friction between opposing groups on social media

  • They were active in the run up to the 2016 and 2020 US elections in an attempt to sew
    ...they meant sow, but editors are not what they used to be...
    discontent and undermine democracy
Related: Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online, says UK
Related:
Troll farm: 2020-09-03 The Absurdity of the Latest ‘Russian Interference’ Story
Troll farm: 2020-07-11 Trump confirms he OK'd US cyberattack against Russia in 2018: report
Troll farm: 2019-04-19 The Bombshell In The Mueller Report Is Russia's Social Media Campaign
Posted by:Skidmark

#13  Where's Buffy VS?



“This is just too much. I mean, yesterday my life’s like, ‘Uh-oh, pop quiz.’ Today it’s ‘Rain of Toads’.” – Xander
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-05-02 13:58  

#12  Makes me want to create the BarneyCoin, which is indexed to the Rubble.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2022-05-02 13:38  

#11  I mean Matt's comment about rubble. Wow, a lot of comments all of a sudden.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-05-02 11:34  

#10  ^ That was funny.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-05-02 11:33  

#9  /\ Clapper and Brennan should be in a Super Max.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-05-02 11:24  

#8  Though, if the bennies included getting to go around putting ball g@gs on people like Crapper and Brennan, I'd consider it.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-02 11:22  

#7  There's something ironically repetitive about a dictator in the east, pointing west and shouting "Release the Trolls!"
(Of course, if Larry Corriea is correct, some of them may literally be trolls. You'd have to read the 'Monster Hunter" books to get that.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-05-02 11:20  

#6  Ironically, in an honest world, most Burg regulars would be better at the Ministry of Truth's job than they are. But we have day jobs and wouldn't stoop to that.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-05-02 11:19  

#5  (In attracting Russian trolls I mean.)
Posted by: Secret Master    2022-05-02 11:17  

#4  If troll farms are the future, then Rantburg is well ahead of the curve.
Posted by: Secret Master    2022-05-02 11:16  

#3  The troll farms really need a QC program. E.g., yesterday one of our new-found friends advsied us that "the rubble is the strongest currency in the world".
Posted by: Matt   2022-05-02 11:02  

#2  Cyber, communications chiefs: Telecom. industry must boost cyberdefenses
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-05-02 10:52  

#1  Brits better be prepared for some grammatically incorrect obscene insults. The way those trolls mangle the English language is horrifying.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-05-02 01:02  

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