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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @11:26PM
Hey, I have my own opinions of Snowden that paint him only just a little less in stature than the Almighty Savior, but I'm not allowed to express them without getting mod-bombed. Do you hear me bitching?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Saturday August 22 2015, @08:37PM
Yes.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"