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Russian Trolls Aren’t Actually Persuading Americans on Twitter, Study Finds
[OneZero] New research highlights a surprising barrier to hacking our democracy: filter bubbles.We know that Russian agents have been using social media to try to influence other countries’ politics since at least 2013. We know they’ve successfully posed as Americans to post divisive ...politicians call things divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive,they're principled... propaganda on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and we know they’ve generated significant engagement on all three platforms. They may have even managed to stage fake political rallies that real Americans attended. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-30 |
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