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Russian troll farms are a major state sponsored operation


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2016 Jun 14, 11:23am   2,128 views  7 comments

by dublin hillz   ➕follow (1)   💰tip   ignore  

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2002774-fake-video-of-american-shooting-a-quran-traced-to-russian-propaganda-agency/

"An investigative report from the BBC exposed a Russian disinformation attempt that could have been straight out of the Cold War.

In September 2015, a video appeared online showing a man dressed like a U.S. soldier firing three shots from a Russian-made Saiga 401K rifle at a copy of the Quran.

The video caught plenty of interest in Russia, and sparked anger in Russia’s Muslim community.

According to the new investigation, however, the video was fake. Researchers traced it to Russia’s Agency for Internet Studies, which The Guardian called a “secretive Russian agency that hires people to write pro-Kremlin propaganda on the web.

After one of the men fires three shots at the Quran, the other goes up to it, shows its cover, then thumbs through its pages. It concludes with the caption, “This is one more prove that only American weapons are the best ever [sic].”

The BBC notes the video was posted to YouTube and shared on the National Gun Forum by a user, who claimed it was from a friend in the Marines. The user’s account had only been created 10 days before the post, and hasn’t been used since then. The BBC found similar oddities with other YouTube accounts that spread the video.

The investigation points out the alleged U.S. soldier is wearing the wrong camouflage and is wearing an Ops-Core FAST Base Jump helmet instead of a U.S. military helmet.

The BBC also found other images resembling the man firing the gun in the video. Photos of him on Instagram show him geotagged near 55 Savushkina Street, where Russia’s Internet Research Agency is located. The man allegedly works as a bartender in St. Petersburg, and is friends with a woman who works for the Russian propaganda agency.

In June 2015, New York Times Magazine exposed that the Internet Research Agency was behind other fake stories, including one about a chemical company in Louisiana on fire releasing toxic fumes, and another about an Ebola outbreak in Atlanta.

It reported, “The agency had become known for employing hundreds of Russians to post pro-Kremlin propaganda online under fake identities, including on Twitter, in order to create the illusion of a massive army of supporters; it has often been called a “troll farm.'”

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1   🎂 Tenpoundbass   2016 Jun 14, 11:26am  

I call bull crap on this. Obama was elected twice by a troll army.

2   dublin hillz   2016 Jun 14, 11:31am  

Tenpoundbass says

I call bull crap on this. Obama was elected twice by a troll army

Are you one of their employees too? Govorish po ruski?

3   MisdemeanorRebel   2016 Jun 14, 12:00pm  

dublin hillz says

"An investigative report from the BBC exposed a Russian disinformation attempt that could have been straight out of the Cold War.

Like Hillary?

Clinton SuperPac paid Internet Trolls
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/21/1518537/-Clinton-SuperPac-Admits-to-Paying-Internet-Trolls

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-clinton-digital-trolling-20160506-snap-htmlstory.html

4   🎂 Tenpoundbass   2016 Jun 14, 12:08pm  

Then don't forget the Bernie Trolls, the Cruz ConTrolls, the Foampartier Trolls for Rubio. most of the Billion that has been spent on never Trump has been spent on Trolls and Spooks,

5   HydroCabron   2016 Jun 14, 12:09pm  

thunderlips11 says

Like Hillary?

There we go.

6   MisdemeanorRebel   2016 Jun 14, 12:34pm  

HydroCabron says

There we go.

Stop pointing out that my gal does what the people I don't like do. It's not the same when we do it!

7   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2016 Jun 14, 2:08pm  

Hmm I wonder which pat.net posters are Dnc trolls....

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