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New York Times / Adrian Chen
/ Jun 2“It has gone by a few names, but I will refer to it by its best known: the Internet Research Agency. The agency had become known for employing hundreds of Russians to post pro-Kremlin propaganda online under fake identities, including on Twitter, in order to create the illusion of a massive army of supporters; it has often been called a ‘troll farm.’ The more I investigated this group, the more links I discovered between it and the hoaxes.” —LO
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hoaxes,
Internet Research Agency,
online hoaxes,
Russia,
trolls
