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Politics Mar 12

Facebook takedowns reveal sophistication of Russian trolls

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Politics Mar 25

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Who was behind Russia’s ‘information warfare’ campaign

There is no doubt that Russia’s government attempted to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. As William Brangham reports, once the U.S. intelligence community reached that consensus, as well as high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the…

Nation Nov 01

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Why this author says it’s ‘highly probable’ Russian interference swung the 2016 election

Did the involvement of Russian trolls and hackers swing the 2016 presidential election? Kathleen Hall Jamieson, author of “Cyberwar,” believes it is “highly probable” that they did. She joins Judy Woodruff to discuss her research on how the Russians found…

Science Feb 28

Through Twitter, American conservatives spread 30 times more content by Russian trolls than liberals in the month before the 2016 election. Photo by Lucas Jackson/via Reuters
Inside the study showing conservatives retweeted Russian trolls 30 times more often than liberals

Computational social scientists found that 40,000 American Twitter users retweeted Russian trolls more than 80,000 times in a single month before the 2016 election.

By Rashmi Shivni

Politics Feb 20

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Russia’s ‘troll factory’ impersonates Americans to sow political chaos. How can the U.S. fight it?

Russia's attempts to interfere in American elections and political discourse did not end with the 2016 race. What do we know about Moscow’s meddling and what can we expect in the near future? Judy Woodruff learns more from Nina Jankowicz,…

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Feb 18

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How Russia-linked bots and trolls use tragedy to sow confusion

By PBS News Hour

As President Trump continues to lash out at the FBI’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, more details are emerging about other Russian efforts to stoke controversy in the U.S. This week, Russia-linked bots and trolls have flooded…

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