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In reply to the discussion: Russian hired 1,000 people to create anti-Clinton 'fake news' in key US states during election, Trum [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)16. The web brigades of St. Petersburg, Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_brigades
Ukraine conflict: Inside Russia's Kremlin troll army, BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31962644
Documents Show How Russia's Troll Army Hit America". BuzzFeed. 2014-07-08 http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america
http://kremlintrolls.com/
http://aktivnyye.com/t/20161125-one_simple_trick.html
Ukraine conflict: Inside Russia's Kremlin troll army, BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31962644
Documents Show How Russia's Troll Army Hit America". BuzzFeed. 2014-07-08 http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america
http://kremlintrolls.com/
There now is a new site to address Kremlin active measures, particularly as those manifest themselves online. Note: there is no connection between this site (kremlintrolls.com) or me (@webradius) and the person or persons currently d/b/a @kremlintrolls on Twitter.
http://aktivnyye.com/t/20161125-one_simple_trick.html
Put another way, if you start with any given piece of disinformation and try to trace it back to the source, you're doing it the hard way. Spend a little time observing how disinformation is distributed in support of Kremlin policy objectives and you will start noticing the same people and patterns of behavior. Identify the distribution channels and you will know what the latest Kremlin campaign is not by analyzing the content or tracing it back to a particular website, but by noting who is distributing it, and where.
Note (added 2016-12-09): For an example of how this plays out in real time, see our article in the Daily Beast, and the addenda here. In short, we were already monitoring people like Marcel Sardo due to their involvement in distributing or promoting disinfo. So rather than finding a story about a non-existent attack on the NATO base at Incerlik and trying to trace it back to a source, we noted that Sardo was trying to make something of a story about an attack on the base at Incerlik that as far as we knew did not occur. It's small but important distinction.
Note (added 2016-12-09): For an example of how this plays out in real time, see our article in the Daily Beast, and the addenda here. In short, we were already monitoring people like Marcel Sardo due to their involvement in distributing or promoting disinfo. So rather than finding a story about a non-existent attack on the NATO base at Incerlik and trying to trace it back to a source, we noted that Sardo was trying to make something of a story about an attack on the base at Incerlik that as far as we knew did not occur. It's small but important distinction.
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Russian hired 1,000 people to create anti-Clinton 'fake news' in key US states during election, Trum [View all]
elmac
Mar 2017
OP
they asked specifically for mirt volunteers who could work the overnight shift.
mopinko
Mar 2017
#37
I had same reaction. Furthermore, Warner says trolls were in Russia. Reports say Macedonia
KittyWampus
Mar 2017
#13
Unless there's more in the article, it sounds like not even 'proven' yet ...
mr_lebowski
Mar 2017
#46
How many times did we see the intented activity light up in eastern countries.....
Historic NY
Mar 2017
#20
Mr.bomb bomb Iran, would find any excuse for war. Russian infiltration has been
YOHABLO
Mar 2017
#34
They must be targeting the most politically illiterate and ignorant ...oh wait.
YOHABLO
Mar 2017
#33
and republicans gleefully Assumed the Position against America, and for Russia
Achilleaze
Mar 2017
#41