TYT expose Russian troll farm that sends paid trolls to sites like Huffpo, Politico & ???

[uhnope]

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I wonder how many Putinistas on DU are working for the "Internet Research Agency" in Russia that pays Russian students from a $10 million budget to each post from six fake FB accounts and 10 fake Twitter accounts--all because Putin hates the internet and thinks it's a CIA plot!

Crosslink: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025695155

[Peacetrain]

1. I have my suspicions..

[billhicks76]

23. NSA Troll Farm

It's everywhere including here on DU.

[RufusTFirefly]

24. +1,000! n/t

[notadmblnd]

33. I don't know about Russians. However, I'm certain paid trolls come here all the time.

Generally in pairs. If you ask them how much they are paid to troll, they won't tell you.

[Cha]

36. Nah, they just act like it.. with Distractions like bringing up NSA.

[The Magistrate]

2. Probably Worth Putting Up In G.D. As Well, Sir....

[uhnope]

4. ok

[Electric Monk]

14. Might as well cross-link them too. Here's your GD thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025695155

[uhnope]

16. ok

[zonkers]

15. Whenever I see the word "sir" used this way... I always think of Peanuts..

Marcy used to always call Peppermint Patty "Sir".

[shenmue]

3. Indeed

I am frightened of this garbage. It is convincing confused people, because I see them on other boards and I see them with Republican stickers saying kill this or that and get this group or that out of the country. Nobody would say that if they weren't full of fear and hate. It comes from somewhere.

[uhnope]

7. & here on DU the Putinistas always have Warren or Sanders logos

thereby tending to undermine our best progressive voices

[Deny and Shred]

5. One more player in the game

Paid trolling has been undertaken for a while now by a bunch of organizations and government agencies.

[William769]

6. This explains so much.

[PeaceNikki]

8. HA!!!1 It sure does!

Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

[William769]

9. My pleasure.

[Mister Nightowl]

10. Mir e koroshi zdarovya!

That's the only Russion phrase I know, and I've almost certainly misspelled it

[Iliyah]

11. They are strong here

may the force be with us!

Social Media . . . who knew?

[iamthebandfanman]

12. they are on DU, and not just russian ones...

the Chinese government has plenty of their own online warriors as well..

one can only imagine what kind of money you could make in the states working for a private entity to do the same..

[RufusTFirefly]

17. Indeed. And there are also NSA ones, too n/t

[Andy823]

19. Don't forget

The right wing trolls and libertarian trolls that infiltrate DU.

[RufusTFirefly]

26. They're everywhere!!

[Cha]

37. Yeah, they Excel in trying to change the subject.. you know them by their distractions.. "NSA" "NSA"

[SidDithers]

13. DU rec...nt

Sid

[freshwest]

18. Roman hands and Russian fingers! Better than being on the front lines for real...

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[JDPriestly]

20. This could explain a few mysteries on DU.

But I don't think Americans fall for that very easily.

With regard to the Ukraine, there was a lot of obvious propaganda. But otherwise????

Putin is, by American standards, just not a very likeable guy.

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. Other than Fox News hosts you mean

[maindawg]

21. We are under surveillance 24/7

The ministers of propaganda are apart of our discussion here. And by being here, we are all under surveillance. But so is everyone else ,every where they live every where they go. If you fear propaganda and deceptive conversation here, try turning on a TV. Its 1000 times worse. They should ban TV. Every form of media should be here. And it will be one day because the old telephone lines are dieing. Satellite Sky's will be free and worldwide. Or the end of freedom will occur unless it already has.
So dont try to hide. You cannot hide. You can stand down and live in fear. You can pretend they arent watching you but they are and when they reveal themselves you should not act surprised.

[nolabels]

25. So it is all about Sky-net then?

I knew it, I spotted those half-humans a mile away

[Nitram]

22. I've seen abundant evidence of this on DU.

It's too blatant to miss.

[bvf]

27. Not news, IMHO.

This has probably been going on since everyone with access to a public network knew what Usenet was.

Not speaking here of Russia, specifically, but of any organized group with a payroll and an agenda.

Think alt.politics.*, if you're over a certain age.

[lutefisk]

28. Fukushima

The paid trolls were coming out of the woodwork on DU to do damage control for the nuclear industry for that one. It was breathtaking. They did a good job of it, too.

[FBaggins]

42. Lol! Just the opposite

The Russian trolls have been pumping the anti-nuclear hysteria because it helps their natural gas exports. They've been actively opposing expansions of nuclear power in Europe and Japan in particular.

All you have to do is watch their propaganda arms' (RT/RIA Novosti/english.pravda.ru/etc) "reporting" on Fukushima.

Of course... they don't broadcast such hyper-alarmism in the countries that they want to export their own reactors to.


IMO - it's probably better than even money that Enenews is part of their program.

[Jack Rabbit]

29. This very crude attempt to manipulate public opinion is one more reason why . . .

Ras-Putin should get no respect on the left.

If he's represents the best traditions of the left, then I am a retired kamikaze pilot.

[ColesCountyDem]

30. There are some pretty blatant Putin trolls here on DU.

Whether or not they work for the "Internet Research Agency" is another matter, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[MNBrewer]

32. You don't say!!!!

shocking hehe

[Chakab]

34. This was totally obvious. I've seen pro-Russian posters come out of the woodwork

on pretty much every site that I frequent that has decent traffic over the past year.

[DeSwiss]

35. ....

- INGSOC points fingers at EastAsia!

"Whatever the Party holds to be the truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party.” ~George Orwell, 1984

[grahamhgreen]

38. Proof we need war with Russia!!!!

Signed, war troll.

[The Magistrate]

39. That, Sir, Is Less A Comment Than A Ritual Noise, The Result Of Trained Reflex Rather Than Cognition

If you put in some serious work and effort you might be able to come up with a string of words which misrepresented the actual situation more grossly, but I would not want to wager at anything greater than even odds on it....

[grahamhgreen]

40. If I had the time.... Seems obvious that war with Russia is even more foolish than war in Iraq.

One need merely look at history, or the results of our recent efforts.

[The Magistrate]

41. Except No One Wants It, Sir

Russia's entire policy in this is predicated on the sound calculation the U.S. and NATO will not fight, in fact will not run the slightest risk of war, no matter how flagrantly Russia mis-behaves.

The idea anyone is seriously trying to beat up a war with Russia is absurd.

About the most absurd expression of the charge I have seen yet comes from Zuesse, main-stay of the 'false-flag' swill regarding MH-17....

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/06/indications-u-s-planning-nuclear-attack-russia.html

Indications that the U.S. Is Planning a Nuclear Attack Against Russia

"Certainly, Obama means business here, but the big question is whether he’ll be able to get the leaders of other “democratic” nations to go along with his first-strike plan.

The two likeliest things that can stop him, at this stage, would be either NATO’s breaking up, or else Putin’s deciding to take a political beating among his own public for simply not responding to our increasing provocations. Perhaps Putin will decide that a temporary embarrassment for him at home (for being “wimpy”) will be better, even for just himself, than the annihilation of his entire country would be. And maybe, if Obama pushes his indubitable Superpower card too hard, he’ll be even more embarrassed by this conflict than Putin will be. After all, things like this and this aren’t going to burnish Obama’s reputation in the history books, if he cares about that. But maybe he’s satisfied to be considered to have been George W. Bush II, just a far better-spoken version: a more charming liar than the original. However, if things come to a nuclear invasion, even a U.S. “victory” won’t do much more for Obama’s reputation than Bush’s “victory” in Iraq did for his. In fact, perhaps Americans will then come to feel that George W. Bush wasn’t America’s worst President, after all. Maybe the second half of the Bush-Obama Presidency will be even worse than the first."