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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/16/new-report-russian-disinformation-prepared-senate-shows-operations-scale-sweep/?utm_term=.0ba800d54063A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russias disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters interests to help elect President Trump and worked even harder to support him while in office.
The report, a draft of which was obtained by The Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), its chairman, and Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), its ranking Democrat. The bipartisan panel hasnt said whether it endorses the findings. It plans to release it publicly along with another study later this week.
The research by Oxford Universitys Computational Propaganda Project and Graphika, a network analysis firm offers new details of how Russians working at the Internet Research Agency, which U.S. officials have charged with criminal offenses for interfering in the 2016 campaign, sliced Americans into key interest groups for targeted messaging. These efforts shifted over time, peaking at key political moments, such as presidential debates or party conventions, the report found.
The data sets used by the researchers were provided by Facebook, Twitter and Google and covered several years up to mid-2017, when the social media companies cracked down on the known Russian accounts. The report, which also analyzed data separately provided to House Intelligence Committee members, contains no information on more recent political moments, such as Novembers midterm elections.
What is clear is that all of the messaging clearly sought to benefit the Republican Party and specifically Donald Trump, the report says. Trump is mentioned most in campaigns targeting conservatives and right-wing voters, where the messaging encouraged these groups to support his campaign. The main groups that could challenge Trump were then provided messaging that sought to confuse, distract and ultimately discourage members from voting.
Representatives for Burr and Warner declined to comment.
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New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation's scale and sweep (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Dec 2018
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RAB910
(3,501 posts)1. The most important aspect of this
Is that Russia believed the best way to destroy America was to get Trump and his fellow Republicans elected
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)3. Kick
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)4. russians teamed up with treasonous republicans to screw over America
and most of the republicans have been working overtime to cover it up, and to leave America undefended.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)5. Including RAND PAUL.