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Russian Trolls Created Facebook Events Seen By More Than 300,000 Users (cnn.com)
"Posing as American activists, Russian government-linked trolls created 129 Facebook events between 2015 and 2017," writes CNN. An anonymous reader quotes their report:
On multiple occasions, the events prompted real Americans to take to the streets. In a written statement Facebook gave to the Senate Intelligence Committee released on Thursday, the social media network said that the events created by one Kremlin-linked troll group were seen by more than 300,000 Facebook users. About 62,500 users marked that they would attend the event, and an additional 25,800 expressed an interest in attending.
Facebook told Congress it does "not have data about the realization of these events," but CNN has previously found evidence that the Russian group successfully convinced Americans to attend the demonstrations. The events were organized on a range of divisive issues and were designed to pit Americans against each other.
"The company also told Congress it had removed Kaspersky Lab from a list of free anti-virus offerings it provides users."
Facebook told Congress it does "not have data about the realization of these events," but CNN has previously found evidence that the Russian group successfully convinced Americans to attend the demonstrations. The events were organized on a range of divisive issues and were designed to pit Americans against each other.
"The company also told Congress it had removed Kaspersky Lab from a list of free anti-virus offerings it provides users."
Why is Slashdot obsessed with this witch hunt? The Russians actually did far more to help Hillary Clinton. Why is Slashdot so biased?
The same emasculated faggots that released a story extolling the benefits and virtues of cuckolding ?
Because nobody gives a shit what subhuman cunts like that think about anything, ever.
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Gee, it sure takes a tremendous amount of courage, intellect and fortitude to systematically demonize and category condemn 150 million creatures that look nearly human, such as Russians. What ever would we do without CNN, Slashdot, Louise Mensch, Chuck Schumer, John McCain, Bill Kristol and other leading geniuses to show us all the way?
Imagine what kind of person it takes to incite hatred, fear, suspicion and potential world war and nuclear holocaust against that many almost-humans. It's a good thing Russians aren't REALLY humans, and so it's totally fine to systematically categorize, demonize and hate them. After all, World War III wouldn't be that bad.
Hooray for sanity!
typical trump supporter right here.
i could live a little longer in this prison
I think you meant Republican tactic. That's what they have been doing for years!