troll farm
troll farm noun: a group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions and decision-making.
Noun
troll farm (plural troll farms)
- A group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions and decision-making.
- These are some of the hallmarks of a so-called troll farm — a physical location where a collective of operators share computers and phones to jointly manage a pool of fake accounts as part of an influence operation.2021 March, Facebook March 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Report
- Troll farms — professionalized groups that work in a coordinated fashion to post provocative content, often propaganda, to social networks— were still building massive audiences by running networks of Facebook pages.2021 September 16, Karen Hao, “Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election, internal report shows”, in MIT Technology Review, retrieved 17 Sep 2021
- Synonyms:
- troll army, troll factory
Synonyms of troll farm
Forms of troll farm
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Questions about troll farm
- What does troll farm mean?
- Troll farm means a group of Internet trolls organized in order to interfere in political opinions and decision-making.
- What part of speech is troll farm?
- Troll farm is a noun.
- What is the plural of troll farm?
- The plural of troll farm is troll farms.
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