Journalists finally take state-sanctioned trolling seriously "Trolling was tricky enough to deal with when it existed around the edges of policy. Now it <em>is</em> policy."

“Identifying the game being played and calling it out, so that audiences can understand why things are being said and not just that they are said, is critical to covering state-sanctioned trolling ethically and effectively.” —@whitneyphillips.bsky.social

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