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@AngieYocham [name pseudonymized] [ontology] : I didn't know #NAFO and #NATO were huge #Dogebonk fans. We welcome everybody to the dobo family. Keep on bonking. #bnb #BSC #meme #Russian #woke #memecoin [URL redacted]
#CampaignNorthAtlanticFellasOrganizationNAFO [Wikipedia]
#2022_InvasionOfUkraine
Context #NMUSCNNJillDougherty " Kallas was not joking. 'NAFO' stands for the North Atlantic Fellas Organization and is a decentralized online volunteer organization that is waging its own social media war against Russia and its invasion of Ukraine. Over the weekend, the group held its own summit in Lithuania's capital, which was opened by the country's foreign minister. NAFO's volunteer 'troops' use tongue-in-cheek memes to mock, troll and discredit Russia's war. Their battlegrounds are primarily Twitter and Telegram, where they have garnered a sizable fan-base among Ukraine supporters and captured the attention of global leaders. These volunteers, also known as 'fellas,' can be identified by their online avatars or profile pictures, typically a cartoon Shiba Inu (a Japanese hunting dog that became a popular internet meme in 2013) dressed in Ukrainian military gear. Members often personalize the memes with different uniforms, glasses, and weapons. Some fellas are Ukrainian soldiers, who are fighting on the front lines and provide pictures from the battlefield, mocking the incompetence of the Russian military or praising Ukrainian bravery. NAFO was founded in May 2022 by Kamil Dyszewski as part of a fundraising initiative - making dog avatars for people who had donated to the Georgian Legion, a volunteer military unit in Ukraine. The group relies heavily on memes. After identifying Russian propaganda or pro-Russian sympathizers, fellas pile on their posts with memes, humor, wry logic, and dismissive comments. They even invoke their version of 'Article 5' - a reference to NATO's mutual self-defense clause - signaling to other fellas to come to their aid. If all of this sounds somewhat ridiculous - it is. But disinformation and propaganda experts say humor is a serious weapon in the information war again disinformation." https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/11/europe/ukraine-nafo-russian-trolls-intl #OrgClassifPPEEEestiReformierakondKajaKallas [Wikipedia] #CampaignNorthAtlanticFellasOrganizationNAFOArticle5 #OrgIntlNATOOTANArticle5 [Wikipedia] #ToponymEuropeRepublicOfLithuaniaVilnius #CampaignNorthAtlanticFellasOrganizationNAFOKamilDyszewski
Supplementary https://thegrayzone.com/2022/10/28/spooks-mercs-hawks-nafo-troll/ #PowerControlMicrofascismBullyingCyberTrolling
Context #NMUSCNNJillDougherty " Kallas was not joking. 'NAFO' stands for the North Atlantic Fellas Organization and is a decentralized online volunteer organization that is waging its own social media war against Russia and its invasion of Ukraine. Over the weekend, the group held its own summit in Lithuania's capital, which was opened by the country's foreign minister. NAFO's volunteer 'troops' use tongue-in-cheek memes to mock, troll and discredit Russia's war. Their battlegrounds are primarily Twitter and Telegram, where they have garnered a sizable fan-base among Ukraine supporters and captured the attention of global leaders. These volunteers, also known as 'fellas,' can be identified by their online avatars or profile pictures, typically a cartoon Shiba Inu (a Japanese hunting dog that became a popular internet meme in 2013) dressed in Ukrainian military gear. Members often personalize the memes with different uniforms, glasses, and weapons. Some fellas are Ukrainian soldiers, who are fighting on the front lines and provide pictures from the battlefield, mocking the incompetence of the Russian military or praising Ukrainian bravery. NAFO was founded in May 2022 by Kamil Dyszewski as part of a fundraising initiative - making dog avatars for people who had donated to the Georgian Legion, a volunteer military unit in Ukraine. The group relies heavily on memes. After identifying Russian propaganda or pro-Russian sympathizers, fellas pile on their posts with memes, humor, wry logic, and dismissive comments. They even invoke their version of 'Article 5' - a reference to NATO's mutual self-defense clause - signaling to other fellas to come to their aid. If all of this sounds somewhat ridiculous - it is. But disinformation and propaganda experts say humor is a serious weapon in the information war again disinformation." https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/11/europe/ukraine-nafo-russian-trolls-intl #OrgClassifPPEEEestiReformierakondKajaKallas [Wikipedia] #CampaignNorthAtlanticFellasOrganizationNAFOArticle5 #OrgIntlNATOOTANArticle5 [Wikipedia] #ToponymEuropeRepublicOfLithuaniaVilnius #CampaignNorthAtlanticFellasOrganizationNAFOKamilDyszewski
Supplementary https://thegrayzone.com/2022/10/28/spooks-mercs-hawks-nafo-troll/ #PowerControlMicrofascismBullyingCyberTrolling
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