Russian troll farm aimed to discourage black US voters: study
Phys.org - Mon 17 Dec 18The Russian troll farm that disrupted the 2016 US presidential election sought particularly to demoralize Africa-Americans and discourage them from voting, according to a comprehensive new report ...
New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep
The Washington Post - Sun 16 Dec 18The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Massive scale of Russian election trolling revealed in draft Senate report
Ars Technica - Mon 17 Dec 18Data shows messages tuned to support Trump, discourage opposition.
How Russia’s online influence campaign engaged with millions for years
TechCrunch - Mon 17 Dec 18Russian efforts to influence U.S. politics and sway public opinion were consistent and, as far as engaging with target audiences, largely successful, according to a report from Oxford's Computational ...
Russia 'meddled in all big social media' in US election, says report
BBC Technology - Mon 17 Dec 18YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter were targeted in the 2016 US election, a report says.
Senate report details Russia's online meddling in 2016 election
Engadget - Mon 17 Dec 18The US Senate is about to receive a report detailing Russia's online manipulation attempts during and after the 2016 Presidential election, and it promises to shed new light on ...
Senate report said to show extent of Russian interference in 2016 US election - CNET
CNET - Sun 16 Dec 18Report shows Russian agents sought to secure Trump win.
Russia used every major social media platform to sway voters to Trump
Fastcompany Tech - Mon 17 Dec 18Besides Facebook and Twitter, Russia also used YouTube, Instagram, Google+, Tumblr, and Pinterest–as well as Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail email accounts–to spread their narratives ...