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Not all of the Russians'

artappraiser — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 07:08:56 +0000

In reply to Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate

Not all of the Russians' posts on social media are divisive or even political. They need to build an audience. Here's a sample of their greatest hits. https://t.co/jDFXQh1BJp
— Scott Shane (@ScottShaneNYT) December 18, 2018

Laurence Tribe citing Chicago

artappraiser — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:08:53 +0000

In reply to Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate

Laurence Tribe citing the WaPo piece on Mueller (via Chicago Tribune:

BREAKING NEWS: Russian social media lies targeting Mueller was miraculously parallel to and intertwined with Trump’s efforts to undermine Mueller’s Russia probe. Looks like the Trump/Putin conspiracy covered obstruction of justice along with the campaign https://t.co/ak2XZJacze
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 18, 2018

and @ NYTimes.com:

Renée DiResta :What We Now Know About Russian Disinformation

The Senate gave my research team data from social media companies. The picture that emerges is grim.

4h ago; Ms. DiResta is the director of research at a cybersecurity company.

NBC:

artappraiser — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:50:09 +0000

In reply to Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate

NBC:

The Russians set up hotlines that encouraged people to discuss sexual or personal problems, raising the possibility they could use the information later to blackmail people. Through deceit, the IRA recruited many Americans to take various political actions https://t.co/BpAh8qb4Cy
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 17, 2018

Russian efforts to depress

artappraiser — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:39:32 +0000

In reply to Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate

Russian efforts to depress black turnout were vast—and echoed what the Trump campaign was doing, writes @GrahamDavidA: https://t.co/9UNHUmQD4u
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 18, 2018

The Washington Post has

artappraiser — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:37:26 +0000

In reply to Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate

The Washington Post has obtained a report made for the Senate Intel committee that says the Russians used "every major social media platform" to deliver content "tailored to voters' interests" to help elect Trump https://t.co/70yrH8YWw1
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) December 16, 2018

Google, Twitter and Facebook (which also owns Instagram) were described by researchers as having “evaded” and “misrepresented” themselves and the extent of Russian activity on their sites https://t.co/BKcmJGYsOT
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 18, 2018