Thread by @timkmak

NEW: The Senate Intelligence Committee has released Vol 2 of its report on 2016 election interference... this is on Russia's use of social media

intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…

FINDING from the majority GOP committee:

"The Committee found, that the IRA sought to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential
election by harming Hillary Clinton's chances of success and supporting Donald Trump
at the direction of the Kremlin."

FINDING from the majority GOP committee:

"the Committee found that IRA social media activity
was overtly and almost invariably supportive of then-candidate Trump"

FINDING from the majority GOP committee:

"The Committee found that the Russian government tasked and supported the IRA' s
interference in the 2016 U.S. election"

FINDING from the majority GOP committee: "the preponderance of the operational focus... was on socially divisive issues-such as race, immigration, and Second Amendment rights-in an
attempt to pit Americans against one another and against their government"

FINDING: "The Committee found that no single group of Americans was targeted by IRA
information operatives more than African-Americans. By far, race and related issues
were the preferred target of the information warfare campaign designed to divide the
country in 2016"