How 400 Russia-run fake accounts posted bogus Brexit tweets

Researchers find that accounts run from a St Petersburg troll farm tried to sow discord between Britons over the referendumConcern about Russian influence in British politics has intensified as it emerged that more than 400 fake Twitter accounts believed to be run from St Petersburg published posts about Brexit.Researchers at the University of Edinburgh identified 419 accounts operating from the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) attempting to influence UK politics out of 2,752 accounts suspended by Twitter in the US. Related: Facebook is not listening to the fake news furore | John Naughton Related: Russia-backed Facebook posts 'reached 126m Americans' during US election Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]

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