http://dagblog.com/link/russian-bots-rigged-net-neutrality-feedback-26939 Comments for "Russian bots rigged net neutrality feedback" en http://dagblog.com/comment/262390#comment-262390 <a id="comment-262390"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262297#comment-262297">And Brits investigate 2 more</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>reporting from Salisbury for WaPo, results of study with graphic, comparison with Crimea ops etc.:</p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/national-security/russian-propaganda-skripal-salisbury/?utm_term=.01dfa223c4e1">Agents of doubt</a></p> <p><em>How a powerful Russian propaganda machine chips away at Western notions of truth</em></p> <p>By <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/joby-warrick/">Joby Warrick</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/anton-troianovski/">Anton Troianovski</a> Dec. 10, 2018</p> <blockquote> <p>[....] when the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal was botched, the mission quickly shifted. Within hours, according to British and U.S. officials who closely followed the events, a very different kind of intelligence operation was underway, this one involving scores of operatives and accomplices and a scheme straight out of the Kremlin’s 21st-century communications playbook — the construction of an elaborate fog machine to make the initial crime disappear.</p> <p>Dozens of false narratives and conspiracy theories began popping up almost immediately, the first of 46 bogus story lines put out by Russian-controlled media and Twitter accounts and even by senior Russian officials, according to a tabulation by The Washington Post — all of them sowing doubt about Russia’s involvement in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/national-security/russian-propaganda-skripal-salisbury/%E2%80%9Chttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/former-russian-spy-critically-ill-in-uk-after-suspected-poisoning/2018/03/06/97138b52-20ea-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html?utm_term=.5d96fe94347c%E2%80%9D" title="“www.washingtonpost.com”">March 4 assassination attempt</a>. Ranging from the plausible to the fantastical, the stories blamed a toxic spill, Ukrainian activists, the CIA, British Prime Minister Theresa May and even Skripal himself [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:33:52 +0000 artappraiser comment 262390 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/262302#comment-262302 <a id="comment-262302"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/262297#comment-262297">And Brits investigate 2 more</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Gees! <em>He was found impaled on railings beneath his London flat four years ago this weekend. </em></p> <p>Edit to add: I am now reminded of the photos showing MBS and Putin having a laugh together.</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 09 Dec 2018 16:17:52 +0000 artappraiser comment 262302 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/262297#comment-262297 <a id="comment-262297"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/russian-bots-rigged-net-neutrality-feedback-26939">Russian bots rigged net neutrality feedback</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>And Brits investigate 2 more possible Russian murders:</p> <p><a href="https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/skripal-police-find-russia-link-to-death-of-scots-tycoon/">https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/skripal-police-find-russia-link-to-death-o...</a></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Sun, 09 Dec 2018 09:33:45 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 262297 at http://dagblog.com