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Botany

(72,484 posts)
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:14 AM Nov 2016

Russian propaganda campaign reportedly helped spread fake US election news

http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/25/13746250/us-election-russia-influence-fake-news-propaganda

A Russian propaganda apparatus was successful in spreading fake or false news stories during the recent US election, Washington Post reports. The findings come from a new, unpublished report provided to the Post that found more than 200 websites responsible for publishing Russian propaganda during the election cycle. These sites had a combined readership of 15 million Americans.

The campaign reportedly included the use of thousands of botnets, a network of websites and social media accounts, and a team of people paid to push conspiracy theories online. Some of the most common propaganda stories claimed that Hillary Clinton’s health was declining, that people were paid thousands of dollars to protest Trump, and, in the weeks leading up to election day, that the election was rigged.

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As the Post points out, this is not the first report to come to this conclusion. At the start of November, similar findings were published on the security blog War on the Rocks. That report, from Foreign Policy Institute fellow Clint Watts and researchers Andrew Weisburd and J.M. Berger, found “organized hordes of trolls” on Twitter and Facebook who would defend Russian foreign policy to any detractors and attempt to erode trust in mainstream news sources. These trolls would often present themselves on social media as “attractive young women eager to talk politics with Americans.” The researchers concluded that this propaganda effort was an attempt to undermine Americans’ faith in the US government.

Last month, Russia was found to be behind the hack on the Democratic National Committee which lead to the publication of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta’s emails by WikiLeaks.


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Russian propaganda campaign reportedly helped spread fake US election news (Original Post) Botany Nov 2016 OP
No different from foxnews.... beachbum bob Nov 2016 #1
But in this case Trump, Fox News, and the alt right/Breitbart helped the Russians. Botany Nov 2016 #2

Botany

(72,484 posts)
2. But in this case Trump, Fox News, and the alt right/Breitbart helped the Russians.
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:28 AM
Nov 2016

BTW isn't it weird that now after the election is over that we are hearing that
fake news was used to help Trump? Liberal Media =

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