Posted on 05/29/2015 12:56:51 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Deep inside a four-story marble building in St. Petersburg, hundreds of workers tap away at computers on the front lines of an information war, say those who have been inside. Known as "Kremlin trolls," the men and women work 12-hour shifts around the clock, flooding the Internet with propaganda aimed at stamping President Vladimir Putin's world vision on Russia, and the world.
The Kremlin has always dabbled in propaganda, but in the past year its troll campaign has gone into overdrive, adding hundreds of online operatives to help counter Western pressure over its role in the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine. The program is drawing Serbia, which harbors EU dreams, back toward the Russian orbit, and is targeting Germany, the United States and other Western powers. The operation has worried the European Union enough to prompt it to draw up a blueprint for fighting Russia's disinformation campaign, although details have not yet been released.
Lyuda Savchuk, a single mother with two children, worked in the St. Petersburg "troll factory" until mid-March. The 34-year-old journalist said she had some idea of the Orwellian universe she was entering when she took the job, but underestimated its intensity and scope.
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Do they get benefits?
Just like the cretins who flood FR at election time telling us we must vote for the RINOs or we support Democrats ! *snort*
I thought they do it for free.
“Just like the cretins who flood FR at election time telling us we must vote for the RINOs or we support Democrats ! *snort*”
They’re already here. Kind of like the swallows returning to San Capistrano. Or maybe its more like the roaches returning to your kitchen.
The uniparty apologists didn’t take much of a break between the 2014 election and the 2016 cycle.
There are no Kiev trolls posting online???
Right on cue, babe
You're one of those who thinks Putin is a good dictator.
Pardon me for repeating myself: “The internet is a despot’s dream”.
Is that you Vlad?
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