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US cyber warriors took out Russian troll farm
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Wednesday, 27 February 2019 10:55

US cyber warriors took out Russian troll farm


A pre-emptive strike during the 2018 mid-term elections

US Cyber Command launched an attack on the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg that shut down the group’s internet on the day of the 2018 midterm elections.

Facebook deletes Russian troll factory accounts
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Hundreds of accounts closed

Facebook has deleted hundreds of Russian accounts and pages associated with a “troll factory” indicted by U.S. prosecutors for fake activist and political posts in the 2016 US election campaign.

Russian press admits Putin’s trolls targeted activists
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Russian troll factory paid US activists to help fund protests

A respected Russian media outlet has concluded that Russian trolls posing as Americans made payments to genuine activists in the US to help fund protest movements on socially divisive issues.

Supremes might shut down East Texas
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Friday, 16 December 2016 11:29

Supremes might shut down East Texas


Patent troll hunting might be a thing of the past

A Supreme Court appeal could mean an end to East Texas’s control of patent trolling is going to be heard soon.

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Sign that Congress might actually wake up