Finnish court convicts pro-Russian 'trolls' for harassing journalist

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Finnish court convicts pro-Russian 'trolls' for harassing journalist
By Ray Downs


Jessikka Aro was harassed and defamed by pro-Russian activists in Finland after she reported on a Russia-based disinformation campaign in 2014, a Finnish court found. Photo courtesy of Jessikka Aro/Facebook

Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A Finnish court found three pro-Russian "trolls" guilty of defamation and harassment of an investigative journalist.

Ilja Janitskin, the founder of a pro-Kremlin website, was sentenced to 22 months in prison after being found guilty of 16 charges, including defamation of journalist Jessikka Aro.

Aro began reporting in 2014. on allegations of Russian propaganda being generated at an office in St. Petersburg, Russia and spread throughout Finland online. Soon after, Janitskin began publishing articles defaming Aro, including an article that accused her of being a drug addict.

Read more at: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/10/19/Finnish-court-convicts-pro-Russian-trolls-for-harassing-journalist/2281539926006/

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