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Two groups of independent researchers found that Russia employed thousands of botnets, human internet “trolls” and networks of Web sites and social media accounts to inject false content into online political talk and amplify posts from right-wing sites.
“They want to essentially erode faith in the U.S. government or U.S. government interests,” said Clint Watts, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute who co-authored a report about Russian propaganda. “This was their standard mode during the Cold War. The problem is that this was hard to do before social media.”
A similar report from PropOrNot, provided to the Post, identifies more than 200 websites that routinely pushed Russian propaganda to at least 15 million Americans, and found that false stories pushed on Facebook were viewed more than 213 million times.
Some stories originated from RT and Sputnik, state-funded Russian information services that are more akin to traditional news sites but sometimes include false or misleading articles.
The coverage was overwhelmingly favorable to Donald Trump, and some of the most notable examples of fake news garnering major traffic online centered on
Hillary Clinton’s health,
protesters that were allegedly paid to interrupt Trump events,
and fears about vote tampering.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: desert
Thank you so much for this information! I've been slowly educating myself about Russia's current events and standards of living.
The CIA as now acknowledged that Russia WAS INTERFERING --- and I wanted to bump this thread -- didn't see your post until just now. THANK YOU.
We are so screwed.
We are so screwed.
a LOT of their supporters would LOVE it. take their oil, take their land, balls out! scary times.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: desert
Thank you so much for this information! I've been slowly educating myself about Russia's current events and standards of living.
The CIA as now acknowledged that Russia WAS INTERFERING --- and I wanted to bump this thread -- didn't see your post until just now. THANK YOU.
We are so screwed.
Better question, WHY CAN'T YOU ACCEPT TRUMPS MESSAGE WON?
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: Tempter
Better question, WHY CAN'T YOU ACCEPT TRUMPS MESSAGE WON?
You mean people swallowed his lies. After railing against Goldman Sachs and saying he doesn't have much respect for generals, look at his cabinet:
www.usatoday.com...
originally posted by: dragonridr
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: Tempter
Better question, WHY CAN'T YOU ACCEPT TRUMPS MESSAGE WON?
You mean people swallowed his lies. After railing against Goldman Sachs and saying he doesn't have much respect for generals, look at his cabinet:
www.usatoday.com...
Have you looked at his picks one common factor seems to show up. Hes putting people in charge of departments that they were opposed to. Maybe he sees this as some form of government control. But since none of the picks are final yet its still just speculation. need to wait until he gets his cabinet in order. No other president elect has gone through the scrutiny they are giving Trump this is all together unheard of. Its usually not even public until its submitted to congress.
Have you looked at his picks one common factor seems to show up. Hes putting people in charge of departments that they were opposed to.