Let's start calling the Russian 'troll' attack what it really is

It's Troll Week on Mashable. Join us as we explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of internet trolling.

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Fellow citizens of the internet, it's time to face facts: We are at war. 

An authoritarian nation state invaded our beloved platform with a shady shape-shifting army of paid writers, and did its best to populate it with highly divisive, truth-obscuring garbage. Now other authoritarian nation states are attempting to do the same. 

And because not enough of us are truly aware of this fact — hey, who can blame us, it's really bizarre! — we are losing the war. We aren't even using the right terminology to describe the problem, so how can we ever hope to fight back?  Read more...

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