Instead, they dug in, seeking to create further confusion and amplify the rifts that divided the country in the aftermath of Trump’s victory.
Perhaps Russian intelligence officials waged a campaign to spread disinformation and exploit social fractures during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, two new reports prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee show.
When reporters began to uncover evidence of their efforts, the Russian trolls kept trolling, according to the researchers.
As articles began to emerge about election interference — pointing the finger at Russia — the IRA didn’t shy away or ignore it,experts affiliated with the firm New Knowledge wrote in their white paper, The Tactics & Tropes of the Internet Research Agency.
The researchers found that there were approximately 70 posts mocking the idea of Russian meddling. One account in particular, The Red Pill, repeatedly hammered on this narrative.
The Russian trolls targeted American media outlets that were covering the story, such as CNN and The New York Times, and pursued a broader assault on American information sources. The purpose of the campaign was to sow confusion and blur the lines between fact and fiction.
See the another document:
Maybe Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 election had a significant effect.
Hackers believed to be working for the country’s intelligence agencies gained access to the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and the email account of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta. Material stolen from those sources was released through WikiLeaks first in July and then about a month before the election. Day after day during October 2016, new files stolen from Podesta were released, frequently giving new ammunition to Clinton’s opponents, including then-candidate Donald Trump.
On Nov. 6, 2016
Once again, the original content on the left focused nearly exclusively on themes of Black culture, police brutality, and Black erasure — the election was barely mentioned.
There was one post on Instagram presenting a range of voter suppression and depression narratives, the report read (sure, it's not clear how much attention that one post generated).
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