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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. Symbolically by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    She gave her two cents and only got one in return.

  2. Re:Wow! by Rei · · Score: 5, Informative

    There was a truly excellent article on this "Internet Research Agency" group a while back. The ending is just brilliant.

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  3. Clearly a lying provocateur! by rmdingler · · Score: 4, Funny
    As everyone knows,

    Comrade Putin is brave, honorable, and handsome.

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  4. Russian trolls? by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do Russian trolls have another, slightly smaller Russian troll inside them?

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