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Susan ☆ Whitney ☆ E Pluribus Unum ☆ HugeBlueWave
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""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
amp.businessinsider.com/russian-troll-…
a group dedicated to producing visual memes known as "demotivators."The operation was run by a local restaurateur 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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