@Krystia88335451 @ProveMe59327731 @mmpadellan The russian internet research agency operates across the web but is most notable here on twitter, using freshly made accounts that act as antagonistically as possible on both sides of the politcal spectrum with
@AndreasSteno There's evidence that they fund movements on the Left and Right. The troll farms befriend rather than offend, building the extremes and creating greater polarization. Troll Factories: https://t.co/1NLrYIp5Z5
I'd say there are 3 main ways the IRA try to intersect with news: 1. Trying to get into real news media 2. Coordination with public diplomacy and white(/grey) propaganda 3. Pretending to be news aggregators (see @DarrenLinvill & @plwarre's work) 4/