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The US does openly employ people to do this. One article about it: http://www.wired.com/2012/07/counterterrorism-trolls/all/

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> Within the State Department, a Silicon Valley veteran has quietly launched an improbable new initiative to annoy, frustrate and humiliate denizens of online extremist forums.

Not exactly the comment section of BBC, is it?

Depends on your definition of Extremists. Within the State Dept., I'd imagine there are plenty who think that anyone who supports Snowden is an extremist.

if you use Linux, TOR, Tails or any real encryption you're already deemed an extremist by NSA.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nsa-linux-journal-extrem...

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