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on Friday August 21 2015, @07:03PM
from the everything-on-the-internet-is-true dept.
from the everything-on-the-internet-is-true dept.
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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Ex-Astroturfer Wins Lawsuit Against Propaganda 'Factory'
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(Score: 2) by sudo rm -rf on Friday August 21 2015, @11:35PM
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
That is all
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2015, @05:09PM
I'm gewg_ and so is my wife!