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The State Department is trolling Twitter for freedom

03
Apr
2014

See if this sounds familiar: a strange name pops into your twitter mentions, using violent photos and provocative language to force the conversation off-track. Find enemies of the state, and troll them Theyre common tactics, but effective ones, and recently theyve found an unexpected home: the US State Department. The official name is the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, and the mission is simple: find users sympathetic to enemies of the state, and troll them until they see the error of their ways.

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