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[TomWilm]

37. ...but troll farms are much more than just one-sided propaganda

They are stirring uproar about anything controversial to get hits, since it is also a business model based on advertising revenue. This is now a big industry in countries like North Macedonia, the Philippines and Romania. And also in Russia, since not all of them are working solely for the Russia government:
- ”Disinformation has no need for consistency and zero commitment to objective reality; claims are frequently contradictory, arguing both sides of the coin in exaggerated and divisive ways. This “Russian firehose” model of propaganda is high-output, contradictory and multichannel. The stream encourages us to sleepwalk into apathy, distrustful of everything.”
- ”The trolls deployed a wide range of political rhetoric, ranging from tweets supporting the Black Lives Matter movement to spreading conspiracy theories and hoaxes.”
- ”Russian Trolls Are Still Playing Both Sides.”
- ”The Surprising Nuance Behind the Russian Troll Strategy.”