ProjectFearlessness"In Iran, the Islamic Republic has created one of the biggest troll armies in the world. In October 2018, Twitter reported that it has taken action against states that try to conduct campaigns of fake news and misinformation on Twitter. In the same year, Twitter took down 4,779 accounts belonging to agents of the Islamic Republic while blocking only four similar Russian accounts."
"Online in Iran, inciting verbal quarrels and hate-mongering against different groups in a comprehensive and daily manner ultimately leaves the public with a chaotic and disappointing scene which suggests that resistance forces have disintegrated, whereas what we see is merely a puppet show by cyber forces in which an army of zombies and groups of inexperienced and ignorant social media users play the role of foot soldiers."