“When anti-government protests erupted in Sudan at the end of last year, the response of President Omar al-Bashir came straight from the dictators’ playbook — a crackdown that led to scores of civilian deaths. At the same time, a more insidious strategy was being developed — one that involved spreading misinformation on social media, blaming Israel for fomenting the unrest, and even carrying out public executions to make an example of ‘looters.’ The author of this strategy was not the Sudanese government … it was drawn up by a Russian company.” CNN: Fake news and public executions: Documents show a Russian company’s plan for quelling protests in Sudan. (Russia is using software to remotely manage the world.)