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Twitter trolls attack epileptics with seizure-inducing images

December 20, 2019 0 Comments Epilepsy, epilepsy foundation, epileptic, gif, hashtags, kurt eichenwald, Law & order, national epilepsy awareness month, seizure, Social networks, strobes, strobing images, trollery, trolls, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:41:38 +0000

They hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s hashtags and name during national epilepsy awareness month, when the most people follow the feed.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SluZeVlpPlA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm

November 4, 2019 0 Comments cat@net, disinformation, disinformation campaigns, epr, facebook, fake accounts, fake discussions, fake news, fundacja reporterow, Instagram, internet research agency, investigate europe, IRA, katarzyna pruszkiewicz, kulawa rebelia, macedonia, media monitoring, operation lame rebellion, poland, rebellion on crutches, russia, smear campaigns, Social networks, support campaigns, troll farm, trollery, trolls, twitter, undercover reporter, veles

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:58:41 +0000

Together with her troll colleagues, she managed 200 fake social profiles, promoted clients’ products, and trolled their competitors.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C6Rb8RS3-Z8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Social media manipulation as a political tool is spreading

September 30, 2019 0 Comments computational propaganda, cyber troops, disinformation, fake news, global inventory of organised social media manipulation, hate speech, Law & order, political bots, politics, propaganda, public opinion, social media, Social networks, trolls, university of oxford

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:05:39 +0000

Researchers say ‘cyber troops’ in 70 countries are using it to automate suppression, mount smear campaigns, or spread disinformation.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-Wc88WInp-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>