nivek
As Above So Below
Russian trolls, posing as American conservatives, tapped into the most hateful, toxic conversations in US politics, and amplified them to millions of people.
How to Fool Americans on Twitter
As part of their appearance in front of the House and Senate Intelligence committees earlier last week, Twitter released over 4,500 accounts it had suspended as part of its internal investigation into Russian meddling on their platform.
These accounts are no longer accessible by the public, but in summer 2016 my startup, New Knowledge, had already uncovered 40 of the accounts that Twitter now acknowledges were Russian trolls, and collected 7,500 of their tweets. Our data about these accounts’ activity reveal that the trolls repeatedly created laughable caricatures of US conservatives, and lied about divisive social issues to pit Americans against each other.
How to Fool Americans on Twitter