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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStop calling them 'Russian troll farms'
Josh Geltzer calls the term "dangerously misleading."
"The Agency (Internet Research Agency) itself was tidily organized into divisions that included a management group, a data analysis department, a graphics department, a search-engine optimization department, an information technology department, and a finance department."
He ends the article with, "Strategic effectiveness begins with conceptual clarity. So, let's stop calling them "troll farms" and start calling them what they are: the Kremlin's disinformation army."
I'm not sure that Kremlin Disinformation Army is catchy enough, but I certainly agree with the sentiment.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/opinions/stop-calling-russian-operatives-troll-farms-geltzer/index.html
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Unfortunately the GOP will not do a damned thing about them, so all we have left is to belittle them with "troll farms".
lapfog_1
(29,226 posts)disinformation army to continue the cyber warfare that trump okayed in Helsinki.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)blaze
(6,374 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)Pretty cut and dry in my book.
Initech
(100,104 posts)And emphasis on the word "hostile".