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ALEX: The campaign was riddled
with disinformation, which travels like quicksilver
on the internet. So we sought out
Camille François, who was engaged by the US Senate
to study the activities of the infamous
Russian troll factory known as
the Internet Research Agency, or IRA. CAMILLE FRANÇOIS: In 2016,
people didn't know what a Russian troll was. I was quite fascinated by this new means
of controlling narratives. My background is
in human rights, and I was very concerned
with the way digital technology was actually creating
new problems in human rights
with disinformation, which travels like quicksilver
on the internet. So we sought out
Camille François, who was engaged by the US Senate
to study the activities of the infamous
Russian troll factory known as
the Internet Research Agency, or IRA. CAMILLE FRANÇOIS: In 2016,
people didn't know what a Russian troll was. I was quite fascinated by this new means
of controlling narratives. My background is
in human rights, and I was very concerned
with the way digital technology was actually creating
new problems in human rights
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ALEX: The campaign was riddled
with disinformation,
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which travels like quicksilver
on the internet.
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So we sought out
Camille François,
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who was engaged by the US Senate
to study the activities
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of the infamous
Russian troll factory
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known as
the Internet Research Agency,
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or IRA.
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CAMILLE FRANÇOIS: In 2016,
people didn't know
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what a Russian troll was.
00:00:25.292 --> 00:00:27.000
I was quite fascinated
00:00:27.998 --> 00:00:30.791
by this new means
of controlling narratives.
00:00:31.708 --> 00:00:34.997
My background is
in human rights,
00:00:34.125 --> 00:00:38.208
and I was very concerned
with the way digital technology
00:00:38.292 --> 00:00:41.833
was actually creating
new problems in human rights.
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Movie Summary
In a world where Mars is terraformed, a revolutionary AI partners with a cyborg to uncover a dark secret that threatens the colony's existence, challenging human colonists' beliefs about the planet.
