Chilling: "How a Russian Troll Fooled America" (from the Atlantic Council)

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How A Russian Troll Fooled America

https://medium.com/dfrlab/how-a-russian-troll-fooled-america-80452a4806d1

Reconstructing the life of a covert Kremlin influence account

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Link to tweet

Few Americans were more patriotic on Twitter than the user known as @TEN_GOP. For almost two years, it lauded President Donald Trump, praised the American military, promoted Brexit and the European far right, and interacted with dozens of leading conservatives, while attacking Trump’s election rival Hillary Clinton, liberals, Muslims and the mainstream media.

Tweet from far-right American commentator Jack Posobiec, now deleted. (Source: BuzzFeed)

@TEN_GOP was a heavyweight voice on the American far right. It had over 130,000 followers; it was retweeted by some of Trump’s aides. When it was suspended, in July 2017, voices across the American far right protested.
To some observers, it seemed too good to be true; in October, they were proven right. Twitter confirmed that @TEN_GOP was a fake, run by a Russian operative

[Binkie The Clown]

1. It's not hard to fool a fool, and Trump supporters are the biggest fools of all. nt

[marble falls]

2. No-one gets conned like con-men.

[KPN]

3. K&R! I just posted to my FB page.

This story needs to get out beyond DU and the diehard's who already care.

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4. Thanks!