The Kremlin’s Troll Army. Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters:
A June article by Max Seddon of BuzzFeed reported the Kremlin was spending millions of dollars to pay English-speaking Russians to promote President Vladimir Putin and his policies in U.S. media like Fox News broadcasting and The Huffington Post and Politico news sites. Trolls are reportedly expected to manage multiple fake accounts and post on news articles 50 times a day, often with sentiments as simplistic as “Putin makes Obama look stupid and weak!”
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/08/the-kremlins-troll-army/375932/
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Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America;
http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/documents-show-how-russias-troll-army-hit-america
Welcome to the 21st century. Both sides in every political operation now employ troll armies. The biggest are Obama/democrats,Gy movement, China, Russia, the PA.,ISIS, Al-Qaeda , Iran, and the list goes on.
There are many resident trolls right on freepers that earn money posting here.
The article is from the BBC, not some unknown blogger troll.
The UK is activating an ENTIRE BRIGADE of soldiers whose primary mission will be to troll Twitter, Facebook, and other Social Media sites, pushing Propaganda.
New British Army unit ‘Brigade 77’ to use Facebook and Twitter in psychological warfare
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/return-of-the-chindits-mod-reveals-cunning-defence-plan-10014608.html
China’s “Internet Water Army” is said to be 500,000 people strong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Water_Army
There are DOZENS of “Political Consulting Firms”, almost all run by the Left, in America that troll Social platforms with bot armies. SEIU advertised for “Internet Opinion Engineers” to work in SEIU boiler rooms for the 2012 election.
This is going on in EVERY COUNTRY, EVERYWHERE, not just in Russia.
There are a few Putinista trolls here on FR, not mentioning any names. I never can figure out if they’re stupid, ideologically committed to tyranny, or paid to pump out BS.