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Re:China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform ... by penistives on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:37PM (#15656719)
Lookup Operation Earnest Voice.

It's the US version of China's "50 Cent Army" and Russia's "Troll Farm."

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Re:China Spreads Propaganda to U.S. On Facebook, a Platform ... by hidenotslide on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @04:26PM (#15657227)
A number of countries run these types of programs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_Internet_propa...

All promote their own propaganda and many also attack their rivals via sock puppets. As far as I know the only country using trolls to push general unrest is Russia.

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