Russian Fake News Bots are Still a Nightmare Hack of our Social Media Spread Across the Internet

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Twitter Executives were in DC in a closed Russian hacking committee hearing yesterday..

Study: Twitter users shared more 'junk news' than real stories during the 2016 election
Researchers found that voters on Twitter shared large amounts of content linked to Russia, Wikileaks and other “junk news sources,” with the help of bots — automated Twitter accounts, programmed to simple tasks like spread news.
Study: Twitter users shared more 'junk news' than real stories during the 2016 election


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Twitter finds hundreds of accounts tied to Russian operatives

Twitter finds hundreds of accounts tied to Russian operatives

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