US justice department says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation

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1. cmon justice department give nafo credit where its due

2. That’s like saying you disrupted Covid, which immediately multiplied on to its next things without even noticing your “disruption”.

3. There’s probably 20,000 fake accounts minimum

4. I still see a lot of these Kremlin trolls still unimpeded on FB, on a daily basis.

5. There are only two ways you can actually stop or disrupt it in current realities.

   1) Cut off Russia and anyone who still connects their networks to it from western internet

   2) Destroy coordination centers, orgs and funding in Russia itself

   So I am going to remain sceptical.

6. I’m missing the social media trolling from 2016

7. What are you gonna do? No another “Hey there, young kid”

8. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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   – CNN.com (C+): [Justice Department says it disrupted Russian ‘bot farm’ used to spread propaganda in US](https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/09/politics/russian-bot-farm-propaganda-justice-department/)
   – Al Jazeera (C+): [US DOJ says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation](https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/7/9/us-doj-says-it-disrupted-russian-social-media-influence-operation)
   – NBC News (B): [Russia operated nearly 1,000 sock puppet accounts on X, Justice Department says](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/russia-operated-nearly-1000-sock-puppet-accounts-x-justice-department-rcna161004)
   – NPR (B+): [U.S. says Russian bot farm used AI to impersonate Americans](https://www.npr.org/2024/07/09/g-s1-9010/russia-bot-farm-ai-disinformation)

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9. Well take a look at Reddit…