• Bakersfield@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    And I don’t know what you think the Irish Republican Army has to do with anything.

    The Internet Research Agency, known in Russian Internet slang as the Trolls from Olgino or Kremlinbots, was a Russian company which was engaged in online propaganda and influence operations on behalf of Russian business and political interests. It was linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former Russian oligarch who was leader of the Wagner Group, and based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

    But I have a feeling you’re just playing dumb.

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      was a Russian company which was engaged in online propaganda and influence operations on behalf of Russian business and political interests

      We have them too. They’re called Digital Reputation Management Services.

      There’s a bunch of them. You can google “Reputation Management” and see.