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Small Communities & Russian Trolls

2024-03-01 17:42:29.553197+01 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

That troll on your local group? Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta?

“It appears that we were actually being brigaded by Russian troll farms.”

Along with Sherwood Park, the subreddits for Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Grande Prairie, and a handful of other small cities throughout Canada also recorded Russia in their top three countries of origin for users last year — results that alarmed both local users and experts on foreign interference.

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#Comment Re: Small Communities & Russian Trolls made: 2024-03-01 18:54:55.615975+01 by: brainopener [edit history]

Maybe the online friends we made along the way were Russian trolls?

#Comment Re: Small Communities & Russian Trolls made: 2024-03-03 05:49:05.081401+01 by: spc476

Нет, I mean no.

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