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Bloomberg is covering a report from the Institute for the Future (IFTF) on an attempt to describe the phenomenon of state-sponsored trolling from a qualitative and quantitative standpoint. While partially conflating trolling with astroturfing in the body of the report, the IFTF defines online trolling as deliberately targeting an individual for "hate" and harassment. Since it is only occasionally possible to attribute the attacks, the IFTF's aim with the report is to empower individuals, researchers, and policy makers to spot the phenomenon in the wild and at least attempt to combat it.
The report itself is entitled, State-Sponsored Trolling: How Governments Are Deploying Disinformation as Part of Broader Digital Harassment Campaigns (warning for PDF)
Ed: How accurate does the report appear to be and are the suggested countermeasures harmful or helpful or both?
(Score: -1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:30PM (11 children)
I don't know about accuracy in reporting. That metric was dropped long ago, probably near around the time that CNN came into being. What I do know is, if the lefties don't like being trolled, they shouldn't cry those little snowflake tears, while calling everyone else filthy names, like "fascist". I've never really looked into it, but I suspect that Texas law might excuse a guy shooting some liberal for calling him a fascist. Self defense, right?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:49PM (2 children)
Get more fiber in your diet.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:53PM (1 child)
There's no fiber in snowflake tears?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 27 2018, @01:49AM
Eat hay, Runaway!
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 26 2018, @05:26PM (4 children)
...they shouldn't cry those little snowflake tears...
You mean snowflakes like Donald Trump. Who melted because a reporter asked a question and then demanded she be censored?
A CNN reporter has been barred from a White House event for asking Donald Trump "inappropriate" questions. [bbc.com]
Remember how triggered the right wing was when Obama merely contemplated the idea, but didn't actually ban anyone?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 26 2018, @05:58PM (2 children)
Donnie's tears are the wrong flavor for me. Those are entitled rich boy tears. I suppose they're alright for some people, but they just don't taste good to me. All I've ever wanted to do with Trump was to punch him in the nose for being such an arrogant cocksucker.
Liberal tears are tasty, tasty, tasty!
As for banning a reporter - well - I'm banned from the White House. Based on my history of letters to the White House, neither Obama's nor Trump's administration would have been willing to allow me to question the president - on ANY subject.
But, neither Obama nor Trump are the first to ban a particular reporter from the White House.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/09/17/big-ben/c4229dac-f60b-402a-8262-e8d2514a0947/ [washingtonpost.com]
I could probably find more, if I tried.
Additionally, reporters are banned from my property. There's nothing I can do about them taking photos from the highway, but they can't come on my property. Since I actually "own" half of the county dirt road coming off of the highway, I'll file trespass charges against any reporter who drives all the way down here to my house. Unless, of course, I actually invite a reporter to come visit.
(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 26 2018, @06:51PM
So the only two presidents to ever ban a reporter were Conservatives. I thought you said those were the pro-free-speech people?
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 26 2018, @06:53PM
Yes, Runaway, war is peace and "don't be a fascist" is a fascist slogan.
(Score: 5, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Thursday July 26 2018, @08:06PM
I thought it was only liberals who modded down things they disagree with.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday July 26 2018, @10:15PM
Reading the Wikipedia article on the Fairness Doctrine, it was removed by Mr. Reagan in 1987, and he threatened to veto any attempt by Congress to try to enact it into law.
CNN was founded in 1980, so would have had to live with it for at least those years.
It is unlikely Mr. Reagan actually made any decisions about the Fairness Doctrine during 1987 however, due to his Alzheimer's.
Anyway, the point I am trying to make is that I think you're wrong about Mr. Reagan being a leftist.
He was however very sensitive to criticism, so maybe he was one (by your standards, anyway).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @11:01PM
Er...snow = white, as in your Lilly white ass. Flak = out of wack, as in in your mind is totally wracked like you take too many drugs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @11:13PM
I hope you wipe your mouth after spewing bullshit.