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Former Russian Troll Wins Lawsuit Against Propaganda "Factory"

Posted by samzenpus on from the part-of-the-machine dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Lyudmila Savchuk, a former Russian internet "troll" has been awarded one rouble ($0.01) in damages after she sued her ex-employer claiming it was a propaganda "factory". A Russian court ordered the secretive agency to pay her symbolic damages. Savchuk claims that she and her co-workers at Internet Research were paid to flood websites with pro-Putin commentary. The BBC reports: "Ms Savchuk said she was happy with the result because she had succeeded in exposing the work of Russia's internet 'trolls'. Russian media quoted a spokesman for Internet Research denying the accusations. The Kremlin says it has no links to Internet Research's operations. Since leaving the agency, Ms Savchuk has been organizing a public movement against online trolling."

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  1. A Common Tactic by MagickalMyst · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Paying people to spread propaganda is not a new concept.

    This is common in politics and other industries; and has been for some time now.

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    Political correctness is really just herd psychology pushed by insecure people who desperately seek social conformity.
    1. Re:A Common Tactic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Israel kind of mastered this over the past 20 or so years

  2. why wouldn't she be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Obviously, the CIA has deemed it non-credible to blame her assassination on Putin, so she's still alive ;)

    A lot of people get paid for propaganda, we have a junkie here who got paid 1 million $$$ by Soros to deface CCCP age monuments. Our local forums and news comment sections are full of paid pro-western cheerleaders.