Russian web brigades
Opinion-influencing operations in other countries
Other countries and businesses have used paid Internet commenters to influence public opinion in other countries; some examples are below.
50 Cent Party – China
1450 Internet army – Taiwan
AK Trolls – Turkey
Internet Water Army – China
Buzzer (internet) – Indonesia
Jewish Internet Defense Force – Israel
Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group – United Kingdom
Operation Earnest Voice – United States
Public opinion brigades – Vietnam
Voluntary Agency Network of Korea – South Korea
Bot Brigades – Serbia
Related topics
Active measures
Cyberwarfare by Russia
fake news website
Social media in the 2016 United States presidential election
State-sponsored Internet propaganda
Troll farm
Vulkan files leak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_web_brigades