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Russian ‘Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online St Petersburg outfit hijacks discussions on Twitter, TikTok, world leaders’ social accounts and media websites, as well as manipulating opinion polls
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk ^ | 1 may 2022

Posted on 04/30/2022 9:20:09 PM PDT by Cronos

St Petersburg outfit hijacks discussions on Twitter, TikTok, world leaders’ social accounts and media websites, as well as manipulating opinion polls

...Online operatives were found to be ordering followers to target western media outlets and politicians

The headquarters is allegedly located in rented space in St Petersburg’s Arsenal Machine-building Factory, a company that manufactures military equipment and technology.

The study details how the Russian president’s regime is trying to manipulate public opinion on social media, as well as in the comments sections of major media outlets.

Targets include the social media accounts of Boris Johnson, the British prime minister; the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz; and the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell.

The troll farm is said to recruit and hire salaried workers openly, justifying the work as “patriotic activity” in support of the “special military operation” in Ukraine.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


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1 posted on 04/30/2022 9:20:09 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Bought to you by Nina Jankocringe. Nice try Cronos


2 posted on 04/30/2022 9:23:27 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Cronos

I hope our guys are getting their cut.


3 posted on 04/30/2022 9:23:41 PM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: Cronos

no doubt the majority of pro-pootin trolls on FR are controlled from St. Petersburg ...


4 posted on 04/30/2022 9:24:11 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Cronos
"The Guardian"

 face with tears of joy  face with tears of joy  face with tears of joy  face with tears of joy  face with tears of joy

5 posted on 04/30/2022 9:26:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: catnipman

St. Petersburg, Florida - 768 days of consecutive sunshine!!


6 posted on 04/30/2022 9:27:55 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: catnipman

Get a job in Nina’s truth ministry. Get it thru your thick head. Not everybody on the planet supports Ukraine. Might upset you and your state department, neocon, warmongering, kill everything that so much as disagrees clique, but tough titties


7 posted on 04/30/2022 9:31:50 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Cronos

How can FReepers be so sure this post isn’t by a Ukrainian “Troll factory”???


8 posted on 04/30/2022 9:42:07 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Long Jon No Silver

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4059349/posts?page=8#8


9 posted on 04/30/2022 9:45:03 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Cronos

If it pays good, and no one talks in upspeak at staff meetings, I will send my resume.


10 posted on 04/30/2022 9:45:09 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan (Pot legalization licenses every degenerate pothead piece of trash to force drug neighbors.)
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To: Long Jon No Silver

Sounds like this article hit a nerve there, Putineer.


11 posted on 04/30/2022 9:45:18 PM PDT by datura (Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
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To: catnipman

St. Petersburg, Florida...sarc


12 posted on 04/30/2022 9:45:25 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Long Jon No Silver

Irish Tech News: Trump, Russia, and how not to lose the information war, with Nina Jankowicz

She starts off saying she is of Polish and Ukrainian ancestry.

“My family is Polish and Ukrainian, so I’ve always been interested in Eastern Europe. ...” Plus she worked with the Ukrainian government. Lots of people of Ukrainian descent didn’t work for the Ukrainian gov’d, yet ste did and also will he working for Biden. What are the odds of all three?

Whomever disagrees with the Biden or Zelensky administrations will be deemed by her/deep state/Big/Tech/Big Media/Biden to be peddling “Russian disinformation.”

You either support Biden/Nina or you support America. If one sides with them they are anti-traditional values, pro-gay marriage, pro-CRT, etc.

Nina is a fraud, the globalists support her, they want the U.S. focused on Ukraine while America crumbles under 130% debt to GDP ratio, $200 trillion in unfunded liabilities, rampant crime, stagflation, 2 million illegals a year pouring over the border, etc.


13 posted on 04/30/2022 9:45:28 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: catnipman

Ahoy, CINO!!!


14 posted on 04/30/2022 9:45:52 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Cronos

Peter Hitchens has called “The Guardian” by its proper name.

“The Warmongers Gazette”


15 posted on 04/30/2022 9:46:14 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Long Jon No Silver

It sure didn’t take long for the newly-minted, DC Ministry of Truth to get rolling, did it?


16 posted on 04/30/2022 9:47:27 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Cronos

Says Daily Mail...:) If there are Russian trolls for real they are probably the single source of truth nowadays.


17 posted on 04/30/2022 9:47:56 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: logi_cal869

“How can FReepers be so sure this post isn’t by a Ukrainian “Troll factory”???

That’s a winner. I’d bet it’s 50-50.


18 posted on 04/30/2022 9:48:40 PM PDT by laplata (")
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To: logi_cal869

You are spot on. The poster is too attached to high-volume, low-quality Ukrainian propaganda outlets and sports a particularly fantastic agitprop.


19 posted on 04/30/2022 9:49:58 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Cronos
Please post a list of those executed. I know that will give you a thrill.

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Ukraine Governor Says Civilians Helping Russia Face Execution

https://youtu.be/-4UfTWASLh8?t=2745

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AP FILMS UKRAINIAN SBU HUNTING DOWN 'TRAITORS' HELPING RUSSIA

https://www.bitchute.com/video/xCpHrotV3iUT/>

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20 posted on 04/30/2022 9:52:09 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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