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The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter

Lyudmila Savchuk went undercover at a Russian troll farm in St. Petersburg in 2014. Since she wrote her investigative piece, she’s made it her mission to speak out against Kremlin-connected troll farms. But she’s no longer convinced that she’s winning the battle.

The Internet Research Agency, or IRA, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

A mole among trolls: Inside Russia’s online propaganda machine

Media
The statue of liberty and an American flag are on a blue sky, with words in Russian at the bottom of the image.

A guide to Russian ‘demotivator’ memes

Culture
U.S. President George W. Bush departs the Oval Office of the White House for a day trip to South Carolina November 2, 2007.

Russia has a record of disinformation campaigns. So, why wasn’t the US prepared during the 2016 election?

Global Politics
A picture illustration shows a Facebook logo reflected in a person's eye, in Zenica, March 13, 2015.

Russian trolls tried to recruit a prominent US activist. He didn’t take the bait, but others did.

Global Politics
Stephen Bannon, chief strategist to President Donald Trump, was a founding member and executive chairman of Breitbart News, which Bannon called a "platform for the alt-right." He's shown here walking from Trump's plane.

Journalist says she was the target of an ‘alt-right’ lynch mob

Media

Foreign Policy magazine writer and former Pentagon official Rosa Brooks says “alt-right” internet trolls attacked her after she published a column criticizing Donald Trump.