Cyber Troops

Cyber troops are government or political party actors engaged in organized campaigns to manipulate public opinion on social media. Distinct from organic social bots and civilian trolls, cyber troops represent institutionalized, often state-funded operations using coordinated accounts, fake identities, and amplification techniques to shape political discourse.

Key papers

• The Global Disinformation Order: 2019 Global Inventory of Organised Social Media Manipulation — Global inventory of cyber troop activity across 70 countries; catalogs organizational structures, tactics, and resource allocation.

Related topics

• Computational Propaganda
• Social media manipulation
• Social bots
• Information Warfare