An internet troll paid by the Kremlin to spread Russian propaganda was required to write online comments ridiculing President Obama for chewing gum during one of his state visits to India, Radio Free Europe has reported. Employees at Russia’s Internet Research center work for 12 hours a day in 3-person “teams” spreading Kremlin propaganda online, acccording to St. Petersburg blogger and former “troll factory” worker Marat Burkhard. Burkhard’s strangest experience working for the factory, he says, came when Obama chewed gum in India and then spit it out. “‘You need to write 135 comments about this, and don’t be …read more
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