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Stop Facebook
Background Information
This meme was found in the database of the more than 3,500 examples of propaganda that was placed on Facebook by Russian troll factories as part of their effort to sow discord in the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign. The author, Stop All Invaders, was a fake social media account created by Russian agents pretending to be U.S. political activists.
Technique Used
Activate Emotion
This is propaganda because
The true intent of the propagandist is masked and the appeal is a radical simplification of issues related to Facebook's growing political influence. There's an irony because the authors were Russian agents who were using Facebook to sow discord among potential voters -- and they were manipulating people on Facebook by offering a critique of Facebook politics.
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