Trolling effects society by influencing people. They try to change people ways how people think to think the way that they think is correct. This affects society by making people choose the wrong decisions. This also make people believe in lies or false accusations which hurts people around them and themselves.

You can be a possible target by just being on social media. There are ads on Facebook that Russian Hackers can take advantage of, and those ads can start debates between people on Facebook . This would also make people be influenced for the election. The problem is, that people won't know what is a normal ad and the hacked ads.

Protecting yourself from being influenced can be hard to think about. This is because you can't tell what is really an actual ad or an ad made by a hacker. The best way you can protect yourself from being influenced is by checking if the ad is from a credible source or not. This will help you make sure if the add is real or not.