martes, 18 de diciembre de 2018

Five takeaways from new reports on Russia’s social media operations | World News, The Indian Express

Five takeaways from new reports on Russia’s social media operations | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: December 18, 2018 11:12:37 am

Five takeaways from new reports on Russia’s social media operations

While most media attention has focused on Facebook pages appealing to the political right, the Russian effort aimed at black Americans was actually larger, reaching almost as many people.

Five takeaways from new reports on Russia’s social media operations
FILE — Posters of Facebook posts by Russians attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election are shown during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington (Eric Thayer/The New York Times)
Written by Scott Shane
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday released two new reports it commissioned about the Russian campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media platforms during the 2016 election and beyond. The reports, by teams led by experts at the cybersecurity company New Knowledge and Oxford University, fill out a portrait of the impressive operations by the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Together, they essentially burnish the résumé of Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, a loyal associate of President Vladimir Putin’s, who owns the Internet Research Agency and its multiple corporate siblings.
Americans might be infuriated by what Prigozhin’s companies are doing, but they are doing it well.


Here are major takeaways from the reports.

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