The Internet Research Agency campaign may not only have had more sway — reaching large numbers of real users — than previously thought, it also demonstrated ample patience and might have generated income for some of the phony accounts, Symantec found.The company analyzed a massive data set Twitter released in October 2018 on nearly 3,900 accounts and 10 million tweets.
While most of the accounts were automated, they frequently demonstrated evidence of manual manipulation, such as slight wording"While this propaganda campaign has often been referred to as the work of trolls, the release of the dataset makes it obvious that it was far more than that," the company wrote. "It was planned months in advance and the operators had the resources to create and manage a vast disinformation network.
The research also found that the accounts played to both sides of the aisle more than previously believed, and that most of them were fakes pretending to be regional news outlets, while a smaller subset amplified those messages.
ECGTX I have believed for about 3 years that about 70% of accounts on here are fake.
Shakestweetz ‘Was’?
Hope everyone caught that part about investigating twitter pages.
doctor_eon It still is.
Our own politicians on BOTH SIDES stretch and twist the truth daily. Anyone with half a brain knows you can't trust them, so why would anyone believe what they see on social media?
If true you reap what you sow. US interfering in the politics of nearly every country on earth is fine ? Don’t cry when the chickens come home to roost, that is what they do. At least Trump is trying to ameliorate past transgressions. Did former Presidents?
For a message to get through, there has to be a sender and a receiver dumb enough to believe the content...
Never doubt the snap judgment and overreaction of the public, in the wrong direction
I don't see nobody slappin' tariffs on vodka.
And ppl who fell for it are dumber than first believed
. ... really? 'vaster' ...
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They never reached the records set by the Krassensteins.
Is vaster a word? More vast!!!
Vaster?
But the Russians had no influence in our election right? Fake president!
The most vastest EVER!
And it happened when Obama was Pres! Obama’s DOJ FBI NSA DIA & Big Tech were fully aware of Russian election interference! They intentionally let it go on unchallenged bc they believed it was helping HRC get elected! Recall the insane over confidence of HRC victory=collusion!
I find it more troublesome that so many are fine with being manipulated & in fact welcome it. The level of unquestioning gullibility is alarming.
Yup. I've bumped into a few........
This was on Obama's watch, and Obama/Clinton pursued 'reset' with Russia, rather than confrontation and protection. Will media EVER HOLD OBAMA AND CLINTON ACCOUNTABLE for their error? Or just go on pretending this has something to do with Trump?
I met two Russians yesterday...both lawyers in Florida..first time meeting Russians...great people...long live Russia..
Vaster
I believe it’s pretty damn vast and the operation has exceeded their wildest dreams. Best black op of all time?
If anyone is manipulating Twitter it's Jewish Nationalist group ADL, which seems to be in charge of censorship at the Silicon Valley firm.
Vaster? Ya’ll, come on.
We believed
nice to know but what did the USA, are there any numbers?