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Finnish Prosecutor: Pro-Kremlin Trolls Destroyed Journalists Life
Finnish Broadcasting Company Yles investigative journalist Jessikka Aro has been harassed in disturbing ways while she has covered Russian online propaganda.
A critically important court case about the limitations on free speech in Finland is unfolding in a Helsinki court this week.
Jessikka Aro, a well known Finnish journalist with the countrys national broadcaster, has been the target of Finnish and Russian pro-Kremlin trolls after exposing the Kremlins social media troll factory in St. Petersburg in 2014.
Finlands most prominent
pro-Kremlin online media platforms, MV Lehti, is well known for its vicious attacks against critics of Vladimir Putin. In 2015, the paper undertook an aggressive trolling campaign against Ms. Aro.
Her movements and activities were tracked by pro-Kremlin MV Lehti associates and posted online and hateful memes and stories posted in efforts to destroy the accomplished journalists career.
Well known Finnish pro-Putin extremist, Johan Bäckman, was among the first to attack Ms. Aro. Bäckman has actively worked to deny the occupation of the Baltic States and is the self appointed Finnish and EU ambassador to Russian occupied areas of Donbas and set up the so-called embassy of Novorossiya in Finland.
The
propaganda campaign against Aro, waged by Bäckman and MV Lehti targeted her private life, family affairs and non-existent political background have been under scrutiny. Secret profiles tried and still try to tie me to phony, time consuming and tiring Twitter conversations.
The trial against MV Lehti and its founder, Ilya Janitsky, includes Bäckman and two other individuals.
Finnish prosecutor, Juha-Mikko Hämäläinen told reporters that
MV Lehtis long and systematic activity has been practiced for a long time, which has effectively destroyed a human life.
Finland has long been on the front lines of Russias modern information war.
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Same playbook, Same end goal, Different country.