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Jenna Abrams, Alt-right Hero on Twitter, Was Really a Russian Troll Who Tricked Republicans

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FULL TITLE: Jenna Abrams, Alt-right Hero on Twitter, Was Really a Russian Troll Who Tricked Republicans and Celebrities


By Summer Meza
11/3/17

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Twitter's Jenna Abrams

A popular Twitter account known for strong alt-right opinions was, it turns out, never really run by a young American woman as it claimed. Congressional investigators have confirmed that Twitter user Jenna Abrams was in fact a creation of a Russian “troll farm.” The story was originally published Thursday by The Daily Beast, which describes the account as one of the dozens of Russian-backed social media accounts run from St. Petersburg. The account gained traction after tweeting about a nude Kim Kardashian photo, then pivoted into divisive comments on segregation, Donald Trump, and immigration. Her viral tweets, which went out to nearly 70,000 followers, pushed Kremlin-funded opinions that far-right users jumped to defend. Her tweets were just controversial enough to pick up attention, but not so out of the ordinary that followers suspected the account could be fake.

For example, in April of last year, Abrams’ tweet baited readers into a debate on slavery. “To those people, who hate the Confederate flag. Did you know that the flag and the war wasn’t about slavery, it was all about money,” read the tweet. It wasn’t just alt-right followers who were fooled by the account. Several public figures engaged with Abrams, like former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who re-tweeted her just three days before the 2016 election. The account was particularly convincing due to the thoroughly crafted online presence. In addition to the Twitter account, Abrams had a personal website, a Medium account, a GoFundMe page and a Gmail account. In the months leading up to the 2016 election, the accounts pushed Abrams’ political opinions even harder than before. The now-deleted Medium account posted an essay titled “Why do we need to get back to segregation.” The account has been deleted, along with dozens of other accounts associated with the Russian troll farm.

Alt-right Twitter heroine Jenna was in reality a paid Russian troll working out of the St. Petersburg troll factory ... probably named Svetlana. Seems her assignment was to sow racial/ethnic discord.

Related: Russia-linked hacker edited DNC email to call it 'confidential': report
 
FULL TITLE: Jenna Abrams, Alt-right Hero on Twitter, Was Really a Russian Troll Who Tricked Republicans and Celebrities




Alt-right Twitter heroine Jenna was in reality a paid Russian troll working out of the St. Petersburg troll factory ... probably named Svetlana. Seems her assignment was to sow racial/ethnic discord.

Related: Russia-linked hacker edited DNC email to call it 'confidential': report

You know, I've always figured that Empirica on this message board wasn't the cute girl in her photo. I figured it was some obese angry WS in their basement but the account is really Russian.
 
FULL TITLE: Jenna Abrams, Alt-right Hero on Twitter, Was Really a Russian Troll Who Tricked Republicans and Celebrities




Alt-right Twitter heroine Jenna was in reality a paid Russian troll working out of the St. Petersburg troll factory ... probably named Svetlana. Seems her assignment was to sow racial/ethnic discord.

Related: Russia-linked hacker edited DNC email to call it 'confidential': report

OMG, next up someone is going to inform me that a Yelp Review was fake.
 
First I've ever heard of "her."

Nice headline, though. From the story:

It wasn’t just alt-right followers who were fooled by the account. Several public figures engaged with Abrams, like former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who retweeted her just three days before the 2016 election. Entertainer Roseanne Barr responded to one of her tweets, and even Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia debated Abrams on multiple occasions.

So they list one Republican but two Democrats, but the headline is all about "Republicans" being fooled.
 
So they list one Republican but two Democrats, but the headline is all about "Republicans" being fooled.
Maybe you can help me out here and list some Alt-righties who are Democrats?

Didn't think so.
 
Maybe you can help me out here and list some Alt-righties who are Democrats?

Didn't think so.

Who said there were? The story simply does not support the headline.
 
Just imagine seventy thousand of these guys finding out the truth.

Neocon male: *oooh, yeah! Fascist and hot*

CNN: *she doesn't really exist*.
 
For example, in April of last year, Abrams’ tweet baited readers into a debate on slavery. “To those people, who hate the Confederate flag. Did you know that the flag and the war wasn’t about slavery, it was all about mon

Didn't we have a whole group of people on these forums pushing that same story about slaver being about money? Nice to see they were in good company.
 
Yeah? What did I miss? Please, elucidate.

Start with the headline and go from there...

Jenna Abrams, Alt-right Hero on Twitter, Was Really a Russian Troll Who Tricked Republicans
 
Start with the headline and go from there...

Jenna Abrams, Alt-right Hero on Twitter, Was Really a Russian Troll Who Tricked Republicans

If you think I missed that, it's you who can't read. Start with my first post and see if you can't figure it out. I won't hold my breath.
 
Didn't we have a whole group of people on these forums pushing that same story about slaver being about money? Nice to see they were in good company.

We always have an army of people willing to say the Civil War was about anything BUT slavery.
 
I don't get what saying the war was about money even means. Yes, the plantation system was about economics, people had slaves because they were an affordable source of cheap labor. That's about money, and it's slavery. The phrase is just pointless.
 
Didn't we have a whole group of people on these forums pushing that same story about slaver being about money? Nice to see they were in good company.

Are you saying slavery had nothing to do with money?
 
Are you saying slavery had nothing to do with money?

Are you saying the trolls that posted that drivel on this forum were not Russian trolls?
 
Are you saying the trolls that posted that drivel on this forum were not Russian trolls?

I'm asking, who cares? It appears to me thar the Russians really have you all's number. Any little thing they say and y'all fly off the handle.
 
The real issue is what losers follow ****ing bloggers and twitter twits?

Think for yourself you freaking sheeple mounted bonobos...
 
I'm asking, who cares? It appears to me thar the Russians really have you all's number. Any little thing they say and y'all fly off the handle.

You don't care about a foreign adversaries interference in our government? You don't care about falsified propaganda? Who is flying off the handle?
 
Right. And you would have picked up on this deception right away I'm sure.

I don't follow anyone on twitter or have a FB account, and that has proven to be a smart strategy. However, I'm not immune to things that get picked up from those forums and spread, sometimes as "news" via other platforms. The troll farms seem to have been very successful at getting people to spread their nonsense for them.
 
I don't follow anyone on twitter or have a FB account, and that has proven to be a smart strategy. However, I'm not immune to things that get picked up from those forums and spread, sometimes as "news" via other platforms. The troll farms seem to have been very successful at getting people to spread their nonsense for them.

As opposed to non-Russian trolls who spread disinformation. Singling out Russia for this is just Russophobia
 
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