A group of scientists from George Washington University under the direction of David Broniatowski conducted a new study on the activities of the so-called «Troll factory». According to their report, Russian provocateurs in recent times pay much attention to the subject of vaccination in the United States. The accounts associated with the Agency Internet research, 22 times more likely to mention this topic on the social network Twitter, in comparison with ordinary users.
As told to David Broniatowski, Russian trolls present themselves as supporters of vaccination, and for their opponents. According to experts, the main purpose of the Academy is not simply the activation of one of the parties to the conflict theme, and the escalation of the situation around her. After analyzing most of the tweets published by the fake accounts, the staff of George Washington University concluded that a «Troll factory» trying to sow discord between the people of the United States.
Such methods of provocation used several times by experts of the Academy and has already proven its effectiveness. However, in this case we are not talking about political tastes or the situation in the economy and on people’s health. Scientists claim that the Russian trolls carefully spreading disinformation and invented news. This leads to confusion among the us citizens and as a consequence – the loss of confidence in the healthcare organizations.
«They seem to have no specific agenda regarding vaccines. Here there is a desire to intensify both sides of the debate. This is consistent with the idea of spreading chaos and discord,» said David Broniatowski.
Another study, conducted by Pew Research Center shows that most Americans tend to trust the vaccine. However, social networks are active its opponents, trying to convince people of the need to abandon this procedure. Russian trolls, in turn, skillfully distressed theme and escalate the situation.
Earlier, we talked about how a «Troll factory» became one of the famous company a hotbed of Internet terrorism. Thanks to the staff of Clemson University was able to collect a database containing more than 3 million tweets related to the Agency’s Internet research. After analyzing them, scientists were able to generalize the activities of Russian trolls.
