Russian internet trolls are taking Trumps lead by hijacking #TakeAKnee to stoke tensions in the US
BOB BRIGHAM at Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/russian-internet-trolls-are-taking-trumps-lead-by-hijacking-takeaknee-to-stoke-tensions-in-the-us/
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A Republican senator told the Homeland Security committee that paid Russian internet trolls are using controversy over NFL player protests to divide Americans.
“They were taking both sides of the argument this past weekend, and pushing them out from their troll farms as much as they could to try to just raise the noise level in America and to make a big issue seem like an even bigger issue,” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, the Associated Press reported.
Sen. Lankford noted Russian paid social media users were using the hashtags #TakeAKnee and #BoycottNFL in their efforts to enflame emotions.
“The goal is heightened tensions,” said Clint Watts, a former FBI agent and current senior fellow at the Foreign policy Research Institute. “They’ll use organic American content to amplify to American audiences.”
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