Oct 19 Watch 4:03 DOJ announces criminal charges as Russian citizen accused of election interference The first criminal charges alleging foreign interference in next month’s midterm elections have come to light. The Department of Justice has accused a Russian citizen of spreading distrust about American policies, candidates and debates while managing finances for a social… Continue watching
Oct 11 Facebook purges hundreds of spammers spreading ‘sensational political content’ By Associated Press Facebook deleted 800 pages and accounts that it said were designed to drive people to ad-laden websites outside Facebook. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 7:03 Russia hacked U.S. minds and undermined democracy, author says “Russian trolls were different from normal trolls,” says Clint Watts, a former U.S. government intelligence analyst who observed how Russia deployed a campaign of disinformation to discredit Hillary Clinton and help elect Donald Trump. Nick Schifrin talks with Watts, author… Continue watching