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Twitter Suspends Hundreds of Accounts Linked To Russian Operatives (usatoday.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the search-and-destroy dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from USA Today: Twitter says it found some 200 accounts linked to the same Russian groups that bought $100,000 worth of ads on Facebook to sow political unrest and manipulate U.S. voters during the presidential election. The Twitter accounts, which were taken down over the last month, were linked to 470 accounts and pages that Facebook traced to the International Research Agency, a Russian troll farm. According to a blog post released by Twitter Thursday after briefing staffers on the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, the groups on Facebook had 22 Twitter accounts. Twitter found an additional 179 accounts connected to those 22. Twitter also shared information on Russian news outlet Russia Today, or RT, which has ties to the Kremlin, according to U.S. intelligence agencies.

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  1. Putin is your friend by allcoolnameswheretak · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Russian apologists coming up in 3... 2... 1...

    1. Re:Putin is your friend by rtb61 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      American propaganda about Russian click bait, this from a click bait article. Everyone does it, it is really annoying and this click bait rubbish should be kerbed but the bullshit propaganda and the silly modding, is too much fun to just let go. They are convincing no one of nothing, only the idiots who already buy into it and accept it, one great big ole circle jerk. Hey propagandist idiot, you know what the number one biggest indicater of a government propagandist is, FIRST POST MORON, yeah your are sitting their waiting as a professional propagandist to get first post because it makes you stand out and look fucking stupid. You are meant to be more subtle, you know trying to trick people, use guile and not be idiotically arrogant.

      It's de rigueur for paid PR twonks to camp out forums and be first posters, no one buys it, it is super recognisable, only arrogance and stupidity keep it going. Owhhh look, we got first post, everyone will believe what we say, ohhh ahhh. Lets see the ads and who paid for them, the lame arse click bait stories about lame arse click bait ads. That the US government now plays the click bait game is just pathetic but too be expected and it just makes the US look worse and worse. The whole world sees this, not just the idiotic US market and the US is losing support globally as a result but keep playing your idiot games, it is really fun to poke holes in it and in the US deep state and shadow government egos.

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  2. How about Obama? by Roger+W+Moore · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The Russians did nothing different from what Obama did with getting involved in the Brexit referendum. So if you are going to blame the Russians for the outcome of your last election does that mean the UK can blame the US for the outcome of the Brexit referendum? If you want countries like Russia to stop getting involved in your elections - which I completely agree is wrong - it might be nice for the US government to stop doing it too.