Thread by @tony_nog

1) Fascinating & disturbing story on Russian troll farms & sowing division

Below is the key diagram. The blue represents twitter users on the "left" & "right" of various controversial issues.

The orange areas are fake Russian troll accounts, as identified by Twitter

2) @GroverXP provided the link to the article
A very disturbing read, showing how the Russian troll farms are playing both sides of key social media debates, *reinforcing division* in the west over issues like #Brexit, immigration and others

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@GroverXP 3) the key point is, in many issues the Russian trolls have no interest in which side wins, only that division & distrust is sown.

We are being played. Across social media platforms the West is being pushed into ever more vicious division by trolls playing both sides

@GroverXP 4) Caroline Flint got a tweet saying "she'll be hanging from a rope", from a Remainer.
But was it a real Remainer or a Russian troll? I can't find the tweet so can't look at the poster.

Not dismissing the threat of course, but do we actually know where it came from?

@GroverXP 5) in any case it's pretty clear #Brexit has caused a major division in the UK.
And it's pretty clear the Russians want to weaken the EU.
We probably all need to temper our language but one thing seems certain, we're playing someone else's game on Brexit & other issues

@GroverXP 6) and as a PS...you might ask yourself this question
If, as seems certain, there are Russian trolls operating in the UK on #Brexit,
why are neither Corbyn or May talking about it?

At all?