How A Russian Troll Farm Works

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A Russian 'troll slayer' went undercover at a troll factory and found that hundreds of Russians were working as paid trolls in rotating shifts

"Troll slayer" and journalist Lyudmila Savchuk when undercover at a troll factory for two and a half months to see how it works.

Savchuk found that the organization was broken up into departments: "news division," the "social media seeders", and a group dedicated to producing visual memes known as "demotivators."

The operation was run by a local restauranteur who was placed under US sanctions for attempting to interfere with US elections.

Savchuk believed her work would help Facebook understand how its platform could be gamed, but no longer believes the fight against trolls is winnable.

 

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I remember listening to a story a couple of years ago. It was about an international summit on cyber security, the first maybe. What the US stressed was the possibility of espionage and sabotage. Other countries were worried about information. I wonder if Russia was also thinking disinformation.