Trolls that control the narrative in media and Internet
How to track down robots, bots and “sea lions” that try to neutralise uncomfortable news
from an episode of Solutions’s Watch by James Corbett
(11 January 2024) Let’s face it: the “comments” at the end of videos or articles are often dreadful. But who’s to say they’re even real? And what’s the solution to these abominable posts? Not to read the comments, of course. But those who wade into this info war battlespace should at least be aware of the various tactics that trolls*, bots*, spies and “sea lions” are using to derail them from taking meaningful action.