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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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poverty, n.:
An unfortunate state that persists as long
as anyone lacks anything he would like to have.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by tibman on Saturday August 22 2015, @03:46AM
Which is just crazy, imo. Did they think they were converting people from Linux? If you tried Vista and think it's crap then all the 3rd party opinions in the world won't change your mind. But then again i know some people who genuinely liked win8 over win7. Going from 7 to 8 is like the level of disgust when you went from KDE 3 to 4.
But hey, if Nick helps set fire to slashdot then that is probably better for everyone.
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