Politics Mar 12 Facebook takedowns reveal sophistication of Russian trolls By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Politics Mar 25 Watch 6:06 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 Watch 6:41 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 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 Watch 6:57 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,… By PBS News Hour
Feb 18 Watch 3:36 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… Continue watching