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How Russia Turned a Student Journalist’s Web Post into Fake News

Blacktavists, a Russian Facebook account modified a real news story about a Racism Hoax sign and a modified real student newspaper.

They count on the fact that people will take the image at face value and not do lateral contextual searches.



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Tags: blactivist-russian-troll, citeit, context, facebook, quote-context, russia-elections, troll, troll-factory, trolling

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