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#30 - The Russian Troll Army
10 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2014 at 8:10 pm.
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Last month, documents surfaced that showed a company called the Internet Research Agency was paying people in Russia to go to an office and post pro-Kremlin comments all day. Alex talks to Buzzfeed's Max Seddon about why they do it, and how successful they actually are at swaying public opinion.