Exposed: Russian troll farm that sends paid trolls to sites like Huffpo, Politico & ??? [View all]

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I wonder how many Putinistas on DU are working for the "Internet Research Agency" in Russia that pays Russian students from a $10 million budget to each post from six fake FB accounts and 10 fake Twitter accounts--all because Putin hates the internet and thinks it's a CIA plot!
Crosslink: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017221989

http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america#1zny7f

Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America

The adventures of Russian agents like The Ghost of Marius the Giraffe, Gay Turtle, and Ass — exposed for the first time.

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.

“Foreign media are currently actively forming a negative image of the Russian Federation in the eyes of the global community,” one of the project’s team members, Svetlana Boiko, wrote in a strategy document. “Additionally, the discussions formed by comments to those articles are also negative in tone.