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Aro's story shines a bright light on the dark world of online information manipulation operations that can upend the lives of individuals and the health of democracies.\"--\u003cb\u003eLiz Wahl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chilling account of Russian information warfare, \u003ci\u003ePutin's Trolls\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the individuals and organizations behind the Kremlin's coordinated, military-style social media operations against the West.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this courageous and unflinching book, award-winning journalist Jessikka Aro interweaves her own dramatic story as a target of Russian social media propaganda with accounts from many internationally known critics of the Kremlin, who share their own stories of being targeted by Russia's multifaceted cyber warfare campaigns. As Jessikka began to investigate the impact of the Kremlin's troll operations outside of Russia, she learned that private citizens in many other countries were being victimized by Kremlin-designed information campaigns. These actions were frequently conducted through an organized \"troll factory\" led by Russia's security and intelligence apparatus, using unregulated social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. 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