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How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step

As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia’s disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among t

Trolls are not only those in our neighborhood, city, state, or even country. There are bad actors all around the world who participate in trolling to fill an ideological or political agenda. This article talks a little more about that and specifically Russian trolls' part in the Women's March Out of Lock Step.

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If They Don't Like It They Can Leave Because You Don't Owe Trolls An Explanation

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This meme gives a good reminder that we should not give in to trolls. All they seek is attention and who are they to judge or be hurtful? Don't feed the trolls!

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This is a great video about online trolls titled "Don't Feed the Trolls." Social Media maven Emily Sutton offers an informative, hilarious, how-to guide for navigating social media in a world where trolling can be relentless.

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“It’s a spiral of negativity. Just one person waking up cranky can create a spark and, because of discussion context and voting, these sparks can spiral out into cascades of bad behavior. Bad conversations lead to bad conversations. People who get down-voted come back more, comment more, and comment even worse.” - Jure Leskovec

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Scroll Pass the Trolls

The internet is not what it once was, it has become a pool with both a shallow and deep end. In the shallows, it can be a safe place of self-expression but a dark, hurtful, place in the deep end. And the inhabitants of the deep end are what we know as Trolls. Trolls are monsters who lurk behind the screen to inflict hurt on others through the internet. And since the start of social media and the internet, these trolls have done nothing but grow and cause more damage. Trolls are often referred to as the monsters who hide and thrive in the darkness and threaten people online. As a Cronkite School student, I have learned that the influence of online Trolls is greater than we think. Trolls go beyond just hurtful comments but participate in doxxing, which is the act of publishing the personal data of users. These trolls are turning social media into a giant high school bathroom where they wait to prank the next student that comes in.