I think you're describing asymmetric warfare. Study of countermeasures for asymmetric warfare would be fertile ground for learning how to counteract the trolls.

I think you're describing asymmetric warfare. Study of countermeasures for asymmetric warfare would be fertile ground for learning how to counteract the trolls. I'm not a real student of this, but off the top of my head the techniques used in real asymmetric warfare include: * Buying off the enemy (pallets of $100 bills to Afghanistan) * Drone strikes (perhaps not quite yet feasible, although domestic drone usage is increasing and no doubt gives corporate legal teams hope) * Win the hearts and minds of the locals (equivalent: raise awareness in the judiciary so they no longer give aid and comfort to trolls) * Supply them with arms (have them do your bidding by harassing competitors in exchange for not harassing you further) * Legalize it (stop drug cartels by taking the economic incentive away from their profit center--in this case, change law to strip away their incentives) What else?