Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IRA accounts

Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by cyberferret on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:33PM (#16750018)

Hmm, I guess I come from an older generation where mention of the "IRA" was a whole different genre of terrorism...

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Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by delerio on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:35PM (#16750459)

Yeah, I always thought IRA was the main acronym for the "Irish Republican Army". Weird that they used IRA in this article to mean something else. Has the main association changed?

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Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by cyberferret on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:52PM (#16750580)

Currently, the association is for the "Internet Research Agency", which is the formal company name for a purported Russian based professional trolling firm.

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Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by meric on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @08:11PM (#16750691)

We've always been at war with IRA.

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Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by lostmsu on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:38PM (#16750058)

Do you mean the individual retirement accounts? /s

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Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by cyberferret on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:54PM (#16750594)

Good point. Similar age group I am guessing, but this is also a US-centric interpretation. The Irish Republican Army was probably more recognisable by their TLA worldwide back in the 70's and 80's.

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Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by digi_owl on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @08:01PM (#16750649)

Well into the 90s i would say.

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Re:Facebook reveals Russian troll content, shuts down 135 IR... by Dowwie on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:14PM (#16751024)

What's a retirement plan got to do with this?

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