‘We disagree with the narrative that they were trying to help Trump.’ This is staggering, given all the evidence. nytimes.com/2018/03/12/us/…
For a summary of the evidence and impact, see here: medium.com/dfrlab/electio…
The Russian operation had multiple goals. Defend Russia, attack Clinton, divide Americans, denigrate US democracy, and support Trump until the election. See the @NBCNews archive of troll factory tweets for 200k examples: nbcnews.com/tech/social-me…
For more evidence, see the great archive by @ushadrons: medium.com/@ushadrons
Many troll farm accounts posted on #TrumpBecause on August 13, 2015, for example. (From the NBC archive.)
Sample #trollfarm posts from election day, 2016. Evidence.
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