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blaze

(6,248 posts)
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 07:12 PM Aug 2018

Stop 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

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Stop calling them 'Russian troll farms' (Original Post) blaze Aug 2018 OP
Russian cyber warfare experts ProudLib72 Aug 2018 #1
yeah, when I hear that term, I think of this from "Silicon Valley" lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #2
yep heaven05 Aug 2018 #3
Cyber warfare division of FSB. Don't make it sound cute. NightWatcher Aug 2018 #4
Russian Cyber Intelligence. That sounds a little scary to me. nt blaze Aug 2018 #6
One country attacking another is an enemy. Deb Aug 2018 #5
It's a hostile intelligence agency led by a genocidal dictator. Initech Aug 2018 #7

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. Russian cyber warfare experts
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 07:15 PM
Aug 2018

Unfortunately the GOP will not do a damned thing about them, so all we have left is to belittle them with "troll farms".

Initech

(99,881 posts)
7. It's a hostile intelligence agency led by a genocidal dictator.
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 09:20 PM
Aug 2018

And emphasis on the word "hostile".

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