Troll alert! SA among countries being targeted by Russian ‘cyber soldiers’: report

Russia has a new way to manipulate social media on its war in Ukraine, but the UK and its allies are fighting back

02 May 2022 - 18:36 By Foster Wong

The Kremlin is using a new troll factory to spread disinformation on social media and in comment sections of popular websites to try to manipulate public opinion about its war in Ukraine, a UK government-funded report shows. ..

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