Twitter says it exposed about 700,000 people to Russian propaganda during 2016 US election

Twitter says it exposed about 700,000 people to Russian propaganda during 2016 US election - www.justnaira.com

Twitter released a new set of statistics linked to its investigation on Russian propaganda efforts to influence the US presidential election 2016, adding that 677,775 people were divulged to social media posts from more than 50,000 automated accounts with links to the Russian government. Countless new accounts uncovered have been traced back to an organization called the Internet Research Agency (IRA) which has known ties with the Kremlin. The data was first delivered in an incomplete form to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee (SSIC) in November last year, which held hearings to question Facebook, Google, and twitter on the role that each

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