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Ex-Astroturfer Wins Lawsuit Against Propaganda 'Factory'

posted by cmn32480 on Friday August 21 2015, @07:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the everything-on-the-internet-is-true dept.

canopic jug writes:

The BBC reports that a Russian former astroturfer has been awarded one rouble ($0.01) in damages after she sued her ex-employer to expose it as a propaganda "factory". The BBC confuses "troll" with "astroturfer" but makes the point that she and hundreds of colleagues at Internet Research in St Petersburg were paid to flood websites with pro-Putin commentary. Astroturfers are nothing new, M$ has been using them for ages to push their agenda, and lately even governments are officially in on the action. The British example is the 77th brigade. As to the Russian example, the former astroturfer is happy with the award even though it is small because it exposes the activity for what it is.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @08:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @08:42PM (#226015)

    Use your own account, asshole.

    That is all.

    -- gewg_

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @09:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @09:10PM (#226028)

    I am using my own account.

    That is all.
    -- gewg_

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @09:16PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @09:16PM (#226034)

      __gewg~1

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @10:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @10:54PM (#226083)

    See how it's done now?
    (You have to put that on the Subject line.)

    Thanks anyway for the assist.

    For the GP:
    MICROS~1 refers to their 4th-rate technology.
    M$ refers to their greed (E,E,E; the treadmill; shills & paid FUDsters; etc.).
    MSFT refers to mergers & acquisitions and other business-related stuff.

    -- gewg_

    • (Score: 2) by sudo rm -rf on Friday August 21 2015, @11:35PM

      by sudo rm -rf (2357) on Friday August 21 2015, @11:35PM (#226093) Journal

      I am confused now, who is the real gewg? Who are you and if yes, how many?

      Don't answer, Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same: leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order. At least spare us their morality when we write

      (Foucault)

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @12:44AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @12:44AM (#226109)

        That is all
        -- gewg_

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @05:09PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @05:09PM (#226309)

          I'm gewg_ and so is my wife!