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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (951659)7/29/2016 4:05:07 PM
From: zax  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574349
 
“I feel like it’s some kind of really opaque strategy of electing Donald Trump to undermine the U.S. or something — like (a) false flag kind of thing,” Chen said. “You know, that’s how I started thinking about all this stuff after being in Russia.”

Putin’s online ‘troll factory’ may be trying to get Trump elected to ‘undermine the US’

rawstory.com



The suspected Russian hack of the Democratic National Committee is part of a broader cyber campaign against the U.S. — which may include efforts to elect Donald Trump.
The FBI is investigating the DNC hack, which resulted in the ouster of party chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz and raised tensions among Democrats heading into this week’s convention

This comes as concerns have been raised about Trump and his campaign’s friendly relationship with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, and Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager has suggested that the Republican platform was changed to “make it more pro-Russian.”

One reporter who has written extensively about Russia’s cyber warfare efforts has warned for months that the former Soviet Union appears to be actively invested in getting Trump elected to weaken the U.S.

Adrian Chen reported in June 2015 in the New York Times Magazine about Russia’s “troll factory,” where online commenters spread disinformation and pro-Kremlin propaganda on social media and other websites.

Those efforts range from anti-American or pro-Russian comments left on news sites to sophisticated hoaxes — such as phony reports, including bogus videos and photos, about a Sept. 11, 2015, terrorist attack on a Louisiana chemical plant.

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (951659)7/29/2016 4:07:01 PM
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The original story, from Chen. It is a must read.

The Agency

From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet — and in real-life American communities.

nytimes.com