British exceptionalism means that the propaganda organisation that has been in successful operation in the USSR and now Russia would never be able to influence UK citizens.
We know what we voted for, and all that.
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We know what we voted for, and all that.
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One of the biggest Russian propaganda organisations is the Internet Research Agency - a troll factory in St Petersburg – spreading anything that will destabilise a country, or cause pain, hatred, and division.
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i.e. not only are the trolls spreading viral memes, they are also helping the spread of real disease, by promoting movements like antivax.
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newsweek.com/russian-trolls…
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newsweek.com/russian-trolls…
From the start, the Russian troll operation has been a military spend with a remarkable ROI. Infinitely cheaper to run ($1000 a month for 12 hour shifts for the average troll factory worker) than any ship in the Russian navy and far more useful than a nuclear bomb.
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“Russia wants to brainwash useful idiots”
“They don’t want your money. They want to capture your thinking and control you.”
Jessikka Aro.
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disinfoportal.org/testimony-jess…
“They don’t want your money. They want to capture your thinking and control you.”
Jessikka Aro.
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disinfoportal.org/testimony-jess…
I mean, to have got a fair proportion of the US to think that Trump acts in the US interests, and that the UK will benefit from leaving the EU – those are troll factory successes. Only question is which country is now the bigger puppet of Putin?
#ReleaseTheRussiaReport
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#ReleaseTheRussiaReport
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The UK arm of the troll operation has been fed by long term Russian anti ‘Anglo Saxon’ sentiment.
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The courageous Lyudmila Savchuk who infiltrated a troll factory tells her story, and details how a troll factory operates.
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Run by Vladimir Putin's "Chef" Yevgeny Prigozhin
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Many trolls took to the game with great cunning and had phenomenal success.
Brexiteers, and Trump supporters, along with supine members of MSM, merrily and ignorantly retweeted the memes and tweets crafted by trolls, as well as those by AIQ & CA.
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Brexiteers, and Trump supporters, along with supine members of MSM, merrily and ignorantly retweeted the memes and tweets crafted by trolls, as well as those by AIQ & CA.
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Multi-lingual workers in the troll factories carefully craft credible personas of various British types – the football supporter, the farmer, the environmentalist, the nationalist, the xenophobe, the jam maker, the Tory…
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…the Corbyn supporter, the animal lover – and progressively fed memes of poison, hatred against minorities, religious groups, against the EU, increasing political divisions, and also retweeting the powerful memes and lies created by AIQ and Cambridge Analytica,
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…to support the political, moral & ethical breakdown of the UK, to create a vacuum to allow for Russian Airline ‘entrepreneurs’ like Cummings, and ‘bankers’ like Banks, or ‘politicians’ like Farage, Johnson, Gove and Mogg, to step in and do more Russian dirty work.
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The thing about Twitter is that journalists are on Twitter, and politicians are on Twitter – not only do they follow the narrative on Twitter: they also create the narrative.
And also they are, like all of us, not inured to being influenced.
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And also they are, like all of us, not inured to being influenced.
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There was this incredible twitter account @DavidJo52951945 – followed by pretty much every news organisation, and retweeted by Brexit supporting journalists, along with the UK far right, with gusto.
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independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
@DavidJo52951945 A Russian Troll account, but pretending to be a Welshman.
Subsequently deleted.
Evidence wiped.
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Subsequently deleted.
Evidence wiped.
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@DavidJo52951945 And, the twitter accounts of Rees Mogg, and many pro Brexit MPs & journalists are fed upon and retweeted by the Russian Troll accounts.
Why?
...because they tweeted stuff that was perfectly aligned with the Russian troll narratives.
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Why?
...because they tweeted stuff that was perfectly aligned with the Russian troll narratives.
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@DavidJo52951945 And now Rees Mogg, just like “David Jones” before him, is deleting his tweets.
We know why.
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We know why.
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@DavidJo52951945 And to the MSM journalists, along with MPs, who still promote Brexit with impunity.
Make no mistake.
You feed upon and magnify the pro Brexit narratives of Russian trolls.
Here are some, but not all of you, having dinner together:
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Make no mistake.
You feed upon and magnify the pro Brexit narratives of Russian trolls.
Here are some, but not all of you, having dinner together:
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@DavidJo52951945 For you, I have a question:
Do you actively want to be Putin’s useful fools, his media whores?
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Do you actively want to be Putin’s useful fools, his media whores?
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@DavidJo52951945 When you repeat the lie that we have taken back control of our borders, when the Irish border has moved to the sea, the Scottish border may become a national border, and we won’t even have the ships to patrol our shores…
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plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-…
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plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-…
@DavidJo52951945 When you repeat the lie that we have taken back control of our money, when we have lost £160 billion of GDP?
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
@DavidJo52951945 When you repeat the lie that we have taken back control of our money when the whole Brexit shit show has already cost us £1.3 billion and will ultimately cost £2 billion plus?
And you know that Brexit will cause greatest hardship for the poorest.
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instituteforgovernment.org.uk/summary-costin…
And you know that Brexit will cause greatest hardship for the poorest.
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instituteforgovernment.org.uk/summary-costin…
@DavidJo52951945 When you repeat the lie that we have taken back control of our laws, as if the EU laws were causing the issue, gaslighting and ignoring the fact that it was the UK’s method of implementation of EU laws (or not) which caused our issues…
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@DavidJo52951945 And indeed, the fact that the UK contributed to and agreed with almost every single EU law. And the ones the UK disagreed with, such as the clean beaches legislation, are now some of the most appreciated by UK citizens.
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@DavidJo52951945 When you repeat the lie that we are regaining our sovereignty, when we have lost sovereignty and control in Europe, and lost most of our leverage and negotiating power with the rest of the world.
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@DavidJo52951945 I ask, are you knowingly Putin’s useful fools, his media whores?
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#ReleaseTheRussiaReport
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#ReleaseTheRussiaReport
@DavidJo52951945 @MoggMentum Aha - because it is spreading false narratives.
Please block and report @MoggMentum as fake.
Please block and report @MoggMentum as fake.
Plus you have the extra 'incentives'.
Is this the look of a man who has spent a weekend providing much kompromat?
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Is this the look of a man who has spent a weekend providing much kompromat?
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
@DavidJo52951945 And for those media people who still say "you don't know that".
The answer is... "Yes we do."
Here is the evidence in a thread on the social media poison embodied by a single Russian troll account @DavidJo52951945
The answer is... "Yes we do."
Here is the evidence in a thread on the social media poison embodied by a single Russian troll account @DavidJo52951945
