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Asphalting

A practice of military online troop trolls in cyber hybrid warfare whereby grassroots movements are triggered in another country to promote a foreign agenda, destabilize domestic politics, or simply to instill chaos with no particular aim.

Example:

Russia conducted a cyber operation focused on asphalting, i.e., creating hundreds of social media groups and accounts which grew in size with actual profiles following those accounts, and organized protests amid election campaigns in foreign countries to destabalize the political discourse and polarize the population.

This practice has been coined as Asphalting.

Asphalting is the contemporary version of Divide and Conquer.
Russia's asphalting tactics destabilised the US 2016 elections.
by Ivo Vaz November 19, 2023
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asshatting

To place one's ass upon another person's head. This is usually used when aggravated, or when one is being an asshat, hence the name. Verb: to asshat.
Person 1: "John just spilled my drink!"

Person 2: "What are you gonna do about it?"

Person 1: "Give him a good asshatting?"
by munleymunleyandcartwright November 4, 2012
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