Posted on 10/03/2018 7:57:32 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Russian hackers reportedly targeted the release of Disney's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in 2017 to politicize the franchise and drum up discontent.
A new academic paper released this week from researcher Mort Bay at the University of Southern California found evidence online of "deliberate, organized political influence measures disguised as fan arguments."
Russian operators have exploited social media accounts to push political agendas, most notably during the 2016 presidential election, Bay wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
I was thinking Hillary Clinton myself and her vast right wing conspiracy about everything.
Trump has quite literally driven these people insane.
Granted, some of them didn’t need much of a push.
Makes about as much sense as the worst HUAC claims.
This is hilarious! People were upset that the movie ruined longtime characters. But let’s blame Russian trolls for everything.
And remember that the article was derived from a mindless “academic study.”
Only these so called academics could produce such drivel.
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