#trollfarms — Public Fediverse posts

Sunday, April 12, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/sunday-april-12-2026/

Sunday, April 12, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/sunday-april-12-2026/

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/wednesday-march-25-2026/

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/wednesday-march-25-2026/

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/tuesday-march-17-2026/

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/tuesday-march-17-2026/

"A supply chain for chaos that starts in Moscow and Tehran and Beijing, runs through bot farms in industrial parks outside St. Petersburg or the Pardis Technology Park north of Tehran, or some Nigerian click farm, or a Chinese-criminal-owned social media and tech scam prison in the wilds of Burma, bounces off a rage-merchant influencer 'from Ohio' who has never set foot in America, and ends up in your pissed off MAGA uncle’s Facebook feed as a 'patriotic truth.'”

#Trump #MAGA #TrollFarms
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"MAGA is a foreign influence operation.

Not 'incidental to MAGA,' not 'touching it,' not 'nudging it,' not 'occasionally exploiting it.' MAGA is a foreign influence operation, root and branch."

~ Rick Wilson

#Trump #MAGA #bots #SocialMedia #trolls #TrollFarms #Russia #Nigeria #Bangladesh #Thailand
/1

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/maga-is-a-foreign-influence-op

"MAGA is a foreign influence operation.

Not 'incidental to MAGA,' not 'touching it,' not 'nudging it,' not 'occasionally exploiting it.' MAGA is a foreign influence operation, root and branch."

~ Rick Wilson

#Trump #MAGA #bots #SocialMedia #trolls #TrollFarms #Russia #Nigeria #Bangladesh #Thailand
/1

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/maga-is-a-foreign-influence-op

Meidas Touch offers a zingy (and instructive) rundown on the discovery that a large percentage of "Make America First" online troll and bot accounts which claim to be operating in the USA actually operate from places like Russia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Thailand.

P.S. Note that my linking to any particular platform — e.g., Instagram — does not indicate endorsement of that platform.

#MAGA #bots #trolls #TrollFarms #disinformation

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRaEnonEWh0/

"The debut of these new X location labels has exposed just how deeply foreign actors are embedded in the American political conversation, and how often they amplify pro-Trump, pro-MAGA narratives designed to divide Americans and distort our democracy. What the platform once treated as speculation is now visible in plain sight."

#Trump #MAGA #Twitter #X #trolls #TrollFarms #bots #disinformation
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"Over the weekend, Donald Trump amplified posts from pro-Trump X accounts that the platform identifies as operating from outside the United States. Two of the four accounts were identified as potentially masking their true location through VPNs. ...

Trump spent the weekend amplifying political messages originating from these accounts that X itself identifies as foreign or potentially foreign-based."

~ Meidas

#Trump #MAGA #Twitter #X #trolls #TrollFarms #bots
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-amplified-foreign-based-accounts

"How much of MAGA twitter is being run out of Russian troll farms in Russia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Thailand?

Today's revelations Likely put it around half."

~ Jay in Kyiv quoted by Greg Dworkin

#MAGA #Twitter #X #trolls #TrollFarms #bots #Russia #Nigeria #Pakistan #Thailand #disinformation
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/24/2355261/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Lame-duck-quacks-up-News-at-11

@EugeneMcParland ”The troll farm doesn’t hand the influencer a bag of cash, but it artificially boosts their key performance indicators (KPIs), which the influencer then converts into revenue. In other words, the infrastructure is a covert subsidy of visibility and thus a form of payment.”

#nafo #trollfarms #russia #ukraine

@EugeneMcParland ”The troll farm doesn’t hand the influencer a bag of cash, but it artificially boosts their key performance indicators (KPIs), which the influencer then converts into revenue. In other words, the infrastructure is a covert subsidy of visibility and thus a form of payment.”

#nafo #trollfarms #russia #ukraine

Saturday, October 4, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/saturday-october-4-2025/

Saturday, October 4, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/saturday-october-4-2025/

#Russia targets Moldova’s future as voters head to the polls

#Russian-controlled politicians, #TrollFarms, #cyberattacks, #vote-buying, and coordinated #violence… As #Moldovans will head to the polls this Sunday, Russia has doubled down on its longstanding aim — to gain hold of the country of 2.6 million.

https://kyivindependent.com/russias-copious-effort-to-destroy-moldova-as-a-state-in-one-key-battle/

#HybridWar #RussianAggression #RussianPropaganda #disinformation #elections #interference

#Russia targets Moldova’s future as voters head to the polls

#Russian-controlled politicians, #TrollFarms, #cyberattacks, #vote-buying, and coordinated #violence… As #Moldovans will head to the polls this Sunday, Russia has doubled down on its longstanding aim — to gain hold of the country of 2.6 million.

https://kyivindependent.com/russias-copious-effort-to-destroy-moldova-as-a-state-in-one-key-battle/

#HybridWar #RussianAggression #RussianPropaganda #disinformation #elections #interference

Friday, September 26, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/friday-september-26-2025/

Friday, September 26, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/friday-september-26-2025/

#TrollFarms

- Impact #political communication

- Organized groups manipulating Social Media talk, spreading #disinformation to sway public opinion

- Use fake accounts and #bots

- Disrupt democracy

- Exploit divisions

- Amplify discord

... and more (4min listen)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGPKXOivbD8

Possibly the most horrifying thing I've read recently -- in an era where everything I read is horrifying.

Longish, but well worth spending on.

#propaganda #russia #trump #disinformation #uspol #facebook #politics #trollfarms #internetresearchagency #twitter

@Noupside https://saturation.social/@Noupside/114826474547166469

Possibly the most horrifying thing I've read recently -- in an era where everything I read is horrifying.

Longish, but well worth spending on.

#propaganda #russia #trump #disinformation #uspol #facebook #politics #trollfarms #internetresearchagency #twitter

@Noupside https://saturation.social/@Noupside/114826474547166469

What’s interesting parsing #tiktok is the amount of pro-Russia #comments in relation to pro-Russia content.

That ratio being something like 10000 to 1 or more.

Which leads to a pretty suspicious condition, that the platform’s comment section on topics #russia considers important is being driven by #bots / #trollfarms.

Probably true of US tiktok too, where MAGA is probably loaning firepower from Putin.

What’s interesting parsing #tiktok is the amount of pro-Russia #comments in relation to pro-Russia content.

That ratio being something like 10000 to 1 or more.

Which leads to a pretty suspicious condition, that the platform’s comment section on topics #russia considers important is being driven by #bots / #trollfarms.

Probably true of US tiktok too, where MAGA is probably loaning firepower from Putin.

In the past, US #cybersecurity agencies would counter such campaigns by calling them out to raise public awareness. The #FBI would warn #socialmedia companies of inauthentic accounts so they could be removed. And, at times, #US #CyberCommand would try to take #Russia #TrollFarms that create #disinformation offline, at least temporarily.
But #Trump fired Gen Timothy D. Haugh, a 4-star general w/years of experience countering Russian online #propaganda, from his posts leading #CyberCom & the #NSA.

In the past, US #cybersecurity agencies would counter such campaigns by calling them out to raise public awareness. The #FBI would warn #socialmedia companies of inauthentic accounts so they could be removed. And, at times, #US #CyberCommand would try to take #Russia #TrollFarms that create #disinformation offline, at least temporarily.
But #Trump fired Gen Timothy D. Haugh, a 4-star general w/years of experience countering Russian online #propaganda, from his posts leading #CyberCom & the #NSA.

Choose diskrot --- Sound On

#AI #concensus #diskrot #trollfarms #curation #genAI

I’m convinced the only (real) people leaving #comments #online are the stupidest people on Earth. That and #InternetResearchAgency style #trollfarms. I wonder how many #bots and fake users have already infiltrated the #Fediverse.

I’m convinced the only (real) people leaving #comments #online are the stupidest people on Earth. That and #InternetResearchAgency style #trollfarms. I wonder how many #bots and fake users have already infiltrated the #Fediverse.

Kyiv denounces violence against Georgian protesters

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned on Dec. 2 the #violent #crackdown by #Georgian authorities against pro-EU #protesters, saying the government’s steps demonstrate a “turn toward #Moscow.”

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russia-react-to-georgian-protests/

#HybridWar #RussianAggression #disinformation #RussianPropaganda #TrollFarms

@guyjantic

Anything is Possible Man, However, We know that the #Russian #TrollFarms are 100% Real & They work #SocialMedia as Hard as possible, to spread #MisInformation & #Disinformation

All Directed from the #Kremlin 24 hours a day, 365 Days a year to Divide #Americans from within.

After the #Election 3 weeks Ago, the #Russian #CyberWarfare Play book 📕 of using #AI #Bots certainly Helped #DonTheCON 🤡 aka #DonOLDCHUMP.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4ng24pxkelo

Boy, the #TrollFarms are still working. Someone just tried to tell me what #HR9495 was about, said that the ACLU was spreading misinformation? I went to their page and found some pretty inconsistent posts, so I blocked the user @[email protected] . Seems Volkris was already kicked off of another server. Hmmmm....

Boy, the #TrollFarms are still working. Someone just tried to tell me what #HR9495 was about, said that the ACLU was spreading misinformation? I went to their page and found some pretty inconsistent posts, so I blocked the user @[email protected] . Seems Volkris was already kicked off of another server. Hmmmm....

#GeoPol #Russia #Bots #ElectionInterference #Elections2024
#Texas
(1/n)

I think anyone interested in politics should read this detailed article about #Russian election interference and support of separatists in Western countries.

The article is about #Texas but it illustrates very well how #Russia(n #TrollFarms) operate and the scope of their threat to democracy.

Via #MichaelKarlis of the #SanAntonioCurrent

"*To Texas With Love: What Russia's*...

https://www.sacurrent.com/news/to-texas-with-love-what-russias-support-of-texit-tells-us-about-the-frayed-nature-of-us-politics-33862864

#GeoPol #Russia #Bots #ElectionInterference #Elections2024
#Texas
(1/n)

I think anyone interested in politics should read this detailed article about #Russian election interference and support of separatists in Western countries.

The article is about #Texas but it illustrates very well how #Russia(n #TrollFarms) operate and the scope of their threat to democracy.

Via #MichaelKarlis of the #SanAntonioCurrent

"*To Texas With Love: What Russia's*...

https://www.sacurrent.com/news/to-texas-with-love-what-russias-support-of-texit-tells-us-about-the-frayed-nature-of-us-politics-33862864

It's also the height of #privilege and #entitlement, that you don't have to care about your #trans compatriots, you don't have to care about the #climate, that you don't have to care about #women and their right to control their own body, etc. You're going to assert your single issue, to the exclusion of all other issues, and even go backwards on that one issue

Why?

Because your #emotions are #manipulated. Right here on #Fediverse by #troll farm. #Trollfarms are here, working you over

It's also the height of #privilege and #entitlement, that you don't have to care about your #trans compatriots, you don't have to care about the #climate, that you don't have to care about #women and their right to control their own body, etc. You're going to assert your single issue, to the exclusion of all other issues, and even go backwards on that one issue

Why?

Because your #emotions are #manipulated. Right here on #Fediverse by #troll farm. #Trollfarms are here, working you over

〝In addition to the videos, researchers and government officials say, Russia has created a handful of fake American local news sites and is using them to push out Kremlin propaganda, interspersed with stories about crime, politics and culture.〞
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/us/politics/russia-disinformation-election.html

#disinformation #Russia #Ukraine #media #trollFarms #infops

〝In addition to the videos, researchers and government officials say, Russia has created a handful of fake American local news sites and is using them to push out Kremlin propaganda, interspersed with stories about crime, politics and culture.〞
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/us/politics/russia-disinformation-election.html

#disinformation #Russia #Ukraine #media #trollFarms #infops

Russia uses #trolls to undermine support for Ukraine

Latest Russian #disinformation campaign is part of 10-year Kremlin strategy aiming to “elevate the voices of populist, anti-establishment politicians opposed to the U.S. global role”

Political strategists & #TrollFarms have written thousands of fabricated news articles, social media posts, & comments that promote American isolationism

https://kyivindependent.com/washington-post-russia-launches-wide-trolls-network-in-attempt-to-undermine-ukraines-support-in-us/

#RussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine #propaganda #StandWithUkraine

Russia uses #trolls to undermine support for Ukraine

Latest Russian #disinformation campaign is part of 10-year Kremlin strategy aiming to “elevate the voices of populist, anti-establishment politicians opposed to the U.S. global role”

Political strategists & #TrollFarms have written thousands of fabricated news articles, social media posts, & comments that promote American isolationism

https://kyivindependent.com/washington-post-russia-launches-wide-trolls-network-in-attempt-to-undermine-ukraines-support-in-us/

#RussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine #propaganda #StandWithUkraine

DGAP event: 〝Please join us for a deep dive into the shadowy world of troll farms. In this discussion, we will dissect the intricate workings and motivations of these hubs of online manipulation.〞
2024/MAR/15
8:30 am - 9:45 am CET

#disinformation #trollFarms #inauthentic #socialMedia

DGAP event: 〝Please join us for a deep dive into the shadowy world of troll farms. In this discussion, we will dissect the intricate workings and motivations of these hubs of online manipulation.〞
2024/MAR/15
8:30 am - 9:45 am CET

#disinformation #trollFarms #inauthentic #socialMedia

@weilawei Wow 😍

I am rephrasing so that it sounds like a business advantage:

Society must define negative behaviour by organisations and punish it.

Corporate benefit would be a consequence:
The more effectively the state would enforce punishment, the cheaper the compliance measures would be.

#agriculture #industry #energy #pollution #externalities #charities #donations #elections #fundraisers #trollFarms #socialMedia #media #diversity #inclusion #power #crime #criminality #money #compliance

@weilawei Wow 😍

I am rephrasing so that it sounds like a business advantage:

Society must define negative behaviour by organisations and punish it.

Corporate benefit would be a consequence:
The more effectively the state would enforce punishment, the cheaper the compliance measures would be.

#agriculture #industry #energy #pollution #externalities #charities #donations #elections #fundraisers #trollFarms #socialMedia #media #diversity #inclusion #power #crime #criminality #money #compliance

#SocialMedia #ArabWorld #TrollFarms #Disinformation #DigitalLabor: "This article investigates the production culture and routines of “troll farms” in three Arab countries—Tunisia, Egypt, and Iraq—from a production studies approach. A production studies approach enables us to focus on the working conditions of paid trolls. We employed qualitative methods to look inside the “black box” of Arab troll farms. From February to April 2020, we conducted semi-structured interviews with eight disinformation workers at both managerial and staff levels. We propose to understand disinformation work as a specific type of digital labor, characterized by very intense shifts and emotionally burdensome daily tasks, absence of legal job contracts, and highly surveilled work environments. The article contributes to understand disinformation practices outside and beyond the West; it situates disinformation activities within the broader context of digital media industries; it provides a detailed analysis of the features that distinguish troll farms in the Arab world from those that emerged in other regions of the Global South; and it reconnects the research on disinformation to digital labor studies."

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051231224713

#SocialMedia #ArabWorld #TrollFarms #Disinformation #DigitalLabor: "This article investigates the production culture and routines of “troll farms” in three Arab countries—Tunisia, Egypt, and Iraq—from a production studies approach. A production studies approach enables us to focus on the working conditions of paid trolls. We employed qualitative methods to look inside the “black box” of Arab troll farms. From February to April 2020, we conducted semi-structured interviews with eight disinformation workers at both managerial and staff levels. We propose to understand disinformation work as a specific type of digital labor, characterized by very intense shifts and emotionally burdensome daily tasks, absence of legal job contracts, and highly surveilled work environments. The article contributes to understand disinformation practices outside and beyond the West; it situates disinformation activities within the broader context of digital media industries; it provides a detailed analysis of the features that distinguish troll farms in the Arab world from those that emerged in other regions of the Global South; and it reconnects the research on disinformation to digital labor studies."

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051231224713

Long before the Feb2022 #invasion of #Ukraine, Russian TV execs excitedly replayed #Carlson segments to illustrate #political turmoil in the #UnitedStates & to debunk allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential #election. (Even though the late #Wagner boss Yevgeniy #Prigozhin boasted of meddling in the race using his internet #TrollFarms.)

Does everyone forget 2015-2016 when the #gru and Cambridge Analytica ran this exact playbook?
#disinformation #trollfarms #trolls

The goal is to get Americans agitated angry with fake links , reposts and retweets (reX’s?) . Bot Sentinel shout out Chris Bouzy was/is fighting this .

Seems we haven’t learned anything. 😞

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/politics/erica-marsh-fake-twitter-account-real-pictures-florida-trump-voter/index.html

Episode 148! @katherined and @dsearls talk to David Kirichenko about #Ukraine, #journalism, troll farms and #disinformation in times of war.

Visit the following link for full episode - https://www.reality2cast.com/148

#Ukraine #Russia #War #Volunteer #TrollFarms #Technology

The dangers of AI: troll farms could use the likes of GPT3 to further obfuscate and flood the field of real information and facts - creating plausible sounding disinformation that takes potentially infinite resources to debunk and navigate

#AI #Disinformation #trollfarms @garymarcus

https://youtu.be/PBdZi_JtV4c