EXCLUSIVE: Talk of Russian trolls has been quieter as of late, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t hard at work with sowing chaos and disinformation. trib.al/2HSXejq
A new Daily Beast investigation reveals that dozens of Russian accounts are pushing conspiracy theories about everything from Joe Biden to how the novel coronavirus crisis began. trib.al/TG7FJ6s
Here’s some of what Russian trolls have been up to:
🦠 Pinning COVID-19 on the Pentagon
🗳️Hyping Giuliani’s collusion theories between Dems and Ukraine
🇪🇺Meddling in European elections
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🦠 Pinning COVID-19 on the Pentagon
🗳️Hyping Giuliani’s collusion theories between Dems and Ukraine
🇪🇺Meddling in European elections
trib.al/TG7FJ6s
Teaming with dis-info researchers from Graphika, we found at least 20 fake news articles pushed by over 40 suspected Kremlin-backed personas published across social media networks like Facebook, Reddit, and Medium trib.al/TG7FJ6s
"This looks like a Russian disinformation operation we call 'Secondary Infektion' that's been running for years," said @benimmo, director of investigations at Graphika trib.al/TG7FJ6s
Nimmo and Graphika have been at the forefront of the fake news investigation since Facebook exposed the first set of accounts in May 2019 trib.al/TG7FJ6s
”It uses blogging platforms as the soft underbelly of the internet, planting false stories based on forged documents or leaks that never happened,” says Nimmo trib.al/TG7FJ6s
Read more of this in-depth investigation by @arawnsley trib.al/TG7FJ6s
