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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.

3 of 235 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Now if they could only... by Ryanrule · · Score: 0, Troll

    They do now cockweasle. Stop deflecting ivan.

  2. Re:Putin is your friend by ohnocitizen · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Russian trolls and their desperate Trump allies have taken a giant shit over slashdot. Glad there are at least some good people left.

  3. Re:Putin is your friend by meglon · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's amazing that these conservatives still have the audacity to call themselves Americans.... they're all acting like fucking traitors.

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