Fake profiles, trolls, and digital paranoia: digital media practices in breaking the Indignados movement

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I would like to thank Sabrina Zajak for her valuable ideas, criticism and suggestions at various stages of writing this paper. I thank also Manès Weisskircher, Milena Popova, Sebastian Haunss, and the two anonymous reviewers for their comments. I dedicate this paper to Elena Dimitrova who taught me all the constructive and creative uses of digital media and whose charm, cheerfulness, and rebellious spirit I have always admired.