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applegrove

(118,499 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 05:17 PM Oct 2019

Russian Trolls Are Back for 2020

Russian Trolls Are Back for 2020

October 21, 2019 at 1:20 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 65 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/10/21/russian-trolls-are-back-for-2020/

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CNN: “People linked to the Internet Research Agency, the Kremlin-backed troll group indicted by the United States for its alleged interference in the 2016 US presidential election, are laying the groundwork to do the same in 2020, new information released by Facebook on Monday suggests.”

“Profiles originating in Russia had since the beginning of this year been building a network of accounts on Instagram designed to look like groups in swing states.”

“Although the accounts posed as Americans from all sides of the political spectrum, many were united in their opposition to the candidacy of former Vice President Joe Biden.”

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Russian Trolls Are Back for 2020 (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2019 OP
Since around the 13th, there has been a huge spike dewsgirl Oct 2019 #1

dewsgirl

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1. Since around the 13th, there has been a huge spike
Mon Oct 21, 2019, 05:24 PM
Oct 2019

already. They are following tons of resistance Twitter accounts. I can't imagine how much worse it's going to get, but I'm sure it will.
Last year I was being followed by hundreds of Turkish accounts and every time, I would block them because it was so suspicious, I think they were collecting accounts for the future.

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