An activist came to the Zuckerberg hearing dressed as a 'Russian troll'

They're definitely easy to spot in the audience.
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Chloe Bryan
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At least one person has worn a costume to Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing.

Alongside a slew of spectators and protesters, it appears that this individual showed up on Capitol Hill dressed as a "Russian troll." Get it? Do you get it? Do you get it?

Here's a photo, courtesy of New York Times reporter Kevin Roose.

The troll appears to be activist Amanda Werner, who previously crashed the Senate Equifax hearing wearing a Monopoly Man costume. From the looks of it, they've also taken a seat inside, and are live-tweeting the hearing should you want to follow along.

"Today, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Russian troll farms reached 126 million Facebook users. Donald Trump won the electoral college by just 70,000 votes," Werner said in a statement. "Since Zuckerberg allowed millions of Russian trolls to undermine our democracy, I assume he won't mind if one Russian troll undermines his credibility."

Troll how you want to troll, we suppose. In this day and age, maybe you can't be too on the nose.

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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