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The tactics of a Russian troll farm
BBC ^ | 02/17/2018 | Dave Lee

Posted on 02/18/2018 6:16:24 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

It was 2014, and in a building in St Petersburg, the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) was already hard at work building its arsenal to take on US politics.

According to US prosecutors, the IRA had gathered stolen identities of real Americans, and a formidable encyclopaedia of what "works" on social media when it comes to riling up Americans talking about politics. Two members of the agency were said to have travelled to the US to gather more intelligence, ---snip--- In the process, the IRA is said to have built up a list of more than 100 real Americans who it had contacted for help in organising these real-world efforts - none of them aware they were puppets in a most audacious Russian campaign

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To: txrefugee

These same leftist pinkos deny 70 years of Communist agitprop efforts in the media, academia, and state department.

They willfully delete the Che and Revolution protest banners at BLM and ‘antiwar’/anywar events.


21 posted on 02/18/2018 7:57:05 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: Kid Shelleen
"It also says the US businesses paid the trolls $25 to $200 per post."

If posters can get $25 to $200 per post..where do I sign up, comrade? And, I could do that from anywhere in the world, da?


22 posted on 02/18/2018 8:01:34 AM PST by moovova
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To: Kid Shelleen

Soros does this type of thing on an industrial scale. Maybe they will come after him...


23 posted on 02/18/2018 8:03:14 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Kid Shelleen
The Saker 2017

BuzzFeed 2014...

The Atlantic 2013

Mueller’s team makes 80K an hour on google to indict old news...

24 posted on 02/18/2018 8:03:17 AM PST by Geronimo (God Bless America and President Donald J. Trump...)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Seriously, aren’t the US-indicted Russian trolls in Russia? Russia is probably preparing extradition papers as we speak...

/s


25 posted on 02/18/2018 8:05:53 AM PST by moovova
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To: Drew68

If one looks at Russian efforts to disrupt the 2016 election, the purpose of such actions likely differed from the left’s contention that it was to get Trump elected. No one expected him to win, and I doubt Putin had a magic crystal ball that allowed him to see into the future. It makes a lot more sense that the goal was to sow as much dislike of Hillary as possible to undermine her approval to the greatest extent possible. Like all the negativity that’s been showered on Trump since the moment he took office.


26 posted on 02/18/2018 8:11:06 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Bon mots
Excellent! Where have you and your great "art" been?


27 posted on 02/18/2018 8:14:27 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 64+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
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To: Grampa Dave

That about sums it up.


28 posted on 02/18/2018 8:15:25 AM PST by corlorde
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To: Drew68
I read the entire article. I have no idea what actual crime was committed here.

The law that they broke: Thou shalt not hinder Hillary Clinton in any way, most especially by telling the Truth about her actions.

It does not matter what nation you may be a citizen of.... the World Court enforces this edict.

29 posted on 02/18/2018 8:19:29 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: iontheball

Every nation, company and organization on the planet does this. Same as buying follows. Russians invaded freeperland back in the days of the Georgian War. But they were easy to spot hack then and got the boot. In the meantime, the MSM has mostly come out of the closet and is in the process of getting the boot. Turned itself into a monkey for the state organ grinder.


30 posted on 02/18/2018 8:26:55 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There are still many here at FR from both sides.

Jim in 2016 removed a lot of Never Trumpsters from posting, and that prevented this site from becoming a free fire zone from the trolls.


31 posted on 02/18/2018 8:54:13 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 64+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
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To: Kid Shelleen
The Russia/Russia stuff was just bs to hide the real meddlers in American politics, the elite Mexican Rulers.

Who sent millions of their uneducated and unskilled and criminals to America to live off our free benefits and to vote illegally at all levels of our government. Mexico equals the master meddlers in our country!

Undocumented Democrats and older Dreamers at work destroying legal Americans in America.

How much meddling in our country and elections comes from Mexico and other South of our border countries?

On a July 2017 program, Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough stared into the camera and invited people to contact him if they’re aware of a presidential campaign that accepted “oppo research or support” from a foreign power.

Hey, Mika/Joe how about Mexico interfering with every US election since LBJ was president with donations, bribes and millions of Illegal voters?

Carlos Slim* owns a large share of the NY Slimes and ensures that the Slimes has had daily hit pieces on Candidate and President Trump for close to two years!

What Country provided at least 90% of the illegal voters in 2016. It wasn’t Russia/Russia!

Mexico has been interfering with our elections since LBJ was president. It wasn’t the evil Russians interfering with our elections. It has been and is the evil and elite white rulers of the Mexican Government and their illegals sent here forced to come here by the elite Mexican Rulers.

Last year, hundreds of illegal aliens and other sanctuary city advocates filled the Texas House gallery to protest a bill that will protect Texans from criminal illegal aliens.

During that protest some illegal aliens held signs saying ‘I am illegal and here to stay.’ Texas Republican Representative Matt Rinaldi then decided to call ICE on the self described illegals.

The Russia/Russia bs was and still is, just a rat and rino distraction from the real meddlers and real interfering evil scum of our elections. The Mexican Government, their illegals here, the rat politicians, and our Rino’s, who want them for their cheap labor and votes. These scumbags are the real meddlers in our election, not Russia!

Illegals and their liberal supporters threatening Texas legislators for daring to uphold our laws re immigration in the Gallery @ the Texas Legislature Building.

How many millions of $’s/Pesos has Mexico donated to the democrats to keep their illegals in America, since LBJ?

How much Mexican money did Obama and Clinton receive personally and for their elections?

How many illegal Mexicans voted for Illiarily in the 2016 election and for Obama's two terms?

How many illegal Mexicans voted for rats to control our cities, counties, states and of course at our federal level in 2016?

How many Hispanic tv channels like Univision, do we have on Comcast, Direct TV, Dish TV and other tv providers, that we pay for, and we don’t speak Spanish? Who owns those Spanish only channels? Why do we have to pay for Spanish TV channels/stations, when we don’t speak Spanish? Didn't these Hispanic channels/stations support Clinton in 2016?

Again: Who owns a large % of the NY Slimes and other US election meddling companies? See the * below for the answer.

It is past time for our Congress to stop the Mexican meddling/interference/hacking at every level in America.

How many millions of $’s has Mexico donated to the democrats to keep their illegals here, at every level, city, county, state and Federal level?

Again, the Russia/Russia bs was just a rat and rino distraction from the real meddlers and real interfering evil scum of our elections, the elite rulers of Mexico and their illegals in America.

ATTENTION RUSSIAN AGENTS AND SPIES! If you wish to collude with candidate Trump, take a number and be seated behind the millions of illegal Mexicans in America.

The Mexican Government, their illegals here, the rat politicians controlled by them, and our Rino’s, who want them for their cheap labor and votes, are the real meddlers in our elections, not Russia!

It is time to enforce our standing laws against illegal Mexican immigration and Mexican illegals voting!

*Carlos Slim Helú (Spanish pronunciation:); born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world.

32 posted on 02/18/2018 9:14:47 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 64+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
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To: Kid Shelleen

So, the Russians want us all fighting each other...

The “Democratics” want us all fighting each other...

The lying leftist media want us all fighting each other...

The deep state wants the whole planet fighting each other...

They might have different motivations, and they each bring different tools and skill sets to the party, but together that looks like a pretty potent collective colluding to have us all fighting each other..

In opposition, we have Donald J. Trump.

And we almost didn’t have that.


33 posted on 02/18/2018 4:08:54 PM PST by EasySt
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To: Grampa Dave

Hah! Thanks.

I’ve been kind of busy with a bunch of things. Not here much these days. :)


34 posted on 02/18/2018 9:33:19 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: Bon mots

We have missed your great art work that skewers the libs with humor, which they hate.


35 posted on 02/19/2018 7:30:50 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 63+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
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