Russian trolls impersonated Standing Rock protesters to stir up chaos in US.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryancbrooks/russian-troll-efforts-extended-to-standing-rock?utm_term=.vcGgm2jyK#.oneBXKx4j

The protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, were sacred for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

But for Russian trolls, the protests were another opportunity to sow discord in America — one of a series of social movements, from Black Lives Matter activism to pro-Trump populism, on which trolls appear to have seized.

An Instagram account called @Native_Americans_United_ shared images related to Native American social and political issues — including the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the flashpoint for activists from all over the country, but especially Native Americans.

RBC, a Russian outlet, identified that account as one of 180 connected to a Russian troll farm intent on exploiting existing divisions and social movements in the United States, based on a major investigation into the operations of Russia’s Internet Research Agency.



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So, by my count that makes:

- a fake Standing Rock group, with the aim to stir up hatred towards US authorities

- a fake Black Lives Matter group, with the aim to stir up hatred towards US authorities

- a fake african-american Youtube-channel, with the aim to paint Hillary as a racist

- a fake Muslim group, with the aim to stir up hatred towards conservatives and paint Hillary as a close ally of extremist Muslims

- a fake Texas group, with the aim to stir up hatred towards liberals and rail against Hillary

- a fake Florida group, with the aim to push Trump's election-campaign




There's nothing to see here. Move along. Big nothingburgers. Haha, the Americans are so obsessed with Russia. New McCarthyism has to America. Move along, nothing to see here.