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www.gnaa.eu. The Gay Nigger Association of America ( GNAA) was an internet trolling group. They targeted several prominent websites and internet personalities including Slashdot, Wikipedia, CNN, Barack Obama, Alex Jones, and prominent members of the blogosphere. They also released software products, and leaked screenshots and information about ...
A revision of a Wikipedia article shows a troll vandalizing an article on Wikipedia by replacing content with an insult. In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online [1] (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life.
Troll farm. A troll farm or troll factory is an institutionalised group of internet trolls that seeks to interfere in political opinions and decision-making. [ 1] Freedom House 's report showed that 30 governments worldwide (out of 65 covered by the study) paid keyboard armies to spread propaganda and attack critics. [ 2]
Sock puppet account. In Internet terms, sock puppets are online identities used for disguised activity by the operator. A sock puppet is a false online identity used for deceptive purposes. [ 1] The term originally referred to a hand puppet made from a sock. Sock puppets include online identities created to praise, defend, or support a person ...
Possibly spreads malware. The fake news website, registered to Tbilisi, Georgia, makes "a minimal attempt to look official" and is used to spread malware on readers' computers. Per PolitiFact. Part of network of fake news sites registered in Georgia for profit motives during the 2016 US Presidential Elections.
The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
Despite links to Alexei Soskovets, Nadejda Orlova, deputy head of the Committee for Youth Policy in Saint Petersburg, disputed a connection between her institution and the trolling offices. [ 22 ] Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro , who reported extensively on the pro-Russian trolling activities in Finland, was targeted by an organized campaign ...
Discord's head of trust and safety said that the popular chat app was changing and clarifying its policies around grooming, teen dating and child sexualization. Discord bans AI-generated child sex ...