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http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/28/lithuania-has-a-volunteer-army-fighting-a-war-on-the-internet
In the shadow of a linden tree in a peaceful park in Vilnius, 44-year-old Ričardas Savukynas sits in the grass, bending over his laptop. He scrutinizes a new profile on Facebook:
“This profile has been spreading fake news and hate speech about Lithuania and Lithuanian politicians. It must be a troll,” he says and reports the profile to the social media giant.
Ričardas Savukynas works as a business consultant, but he is also a volunteer in a rapidly growing internet resistance movement of more than 5000 Lithuanians, who are on a defence mission in cyberspace. They call themselves “The Lithuanian Elves” – because they fight pro-Russian trolls online.
The Lithuanian Elves patrol social media entries to find and expose fake accounts and pro-Russian trolls. They do fact-checking and help out journalists and coordinate our work via Facebook and Skype and share their disclosures on the internet with fellow elves and other Lithuanians to alert them about sources of misinformation.
The elves started as a grassroots movement 3 years ago,
In the shadow of a linden tree in a peaceful park in Vilnius, 44-year-old Ričardas Savukynas sits in the grass, bending over his laptop. He scrutinizes a new profile on Facebook:
“This profile has been spreading fake news and hate speech about Lithuania and Lithuanian politicians. It must be a troll,” he says and reports the profile to the social media giant.
Ričardas Savukynas works as a business consultant, but he is also a volunteer in a rapidly growing internet resistance movement of more than 5000 Lithuanians, who are on a defence mission in cyberspace. They call themselves “The Lithuanian Elves” – because they fight pro-Russian trolls online.
The Lithuanian Elves patrol social media entries to find and expose fake accounts and pro-Russian trolls. They do fact-checking and help out journalists and coordinate our work via Facebook and Skype and share their disclosures on the internet with fellow elves and other Lithuanians to alert them about sources of misinformation.
The elves started as a grassroots movement 3 years ago,
