Everything I Need to Know about Russia’s Internet Interference I Learned Through College Pranks - Defense One

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> It's not terribly difficult to inject fake news into conversation.
>
> One February, as a snowstorm headed for the Carolinas, a Raleigh television station debuted a Web form meant to allow 
> local schools and businesses to send cancellations and snow delays straight to the live TV feed. Someone posted the 
> URL to an unofficial university message board <http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=180137&page=2>, and 
> within minutes, mayhem erupted <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcO3pyge-8w> in the margins of the nightly news:
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> CLOSED: Tutone Industries (For more info, call Jenny at 867-5309 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo>)
> All Your Base Are Belong to Us <http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/all-your-base-are-belong-to-us>. Take off every ZIG for 
> great justice.
> CLOSED: PWNT Industries. Raleigh PWNT.
> But while our antics caused little damage aside from a few embarrassed faces in the newsroom, not everyone uses fake 
> news for lulz. As recent events show, sinister actors use the same tricks to spread misinformation and deception — 
> with potentially disastrous consequences.



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