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Lord of the Trolls — How Silicon Valley Enabled Putin’s Genocidal Regime

Putin wouldn’t exist in his current form without technology

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda
May 11, 2024
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Lord of the Trolls

As I return to the early days of the Great Information War, one thing stands out — Putin would not exist in his current form if not for technology.

While the West was lulled to sleep with the promise of a connected world, a KGB spy and his cronies went …

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