Russian operatives clearly saw Trump fans as the most susceptible, especially anti-immigration, anti-Muslim, & some Christian Americans. 2/x
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Here, for example, is a screenshot of a "Secure Borders" group outed as a Russian front, which organized a rally in Idaho. 3/xpic.twitter.com/tTjG7bd6Dv
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And here's the ad targeting Christians I found most ridiculous, though it'd be funnier if I were confident it didn't influence anyone. 4/xpic.twitter.com/a85X5q77F5
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More Russian posts (both sponsored and free) targeted right-wing Americans, but some targeted Americans on the left. 5/x
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Here's a Russian created page called "Black Matters," featuring Michael Brown and Tamir Rice, both killed by police It has 223,799 likes 6/xpic.twitter.com/P0mPUc8yHf
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In one instance, a Russian Facebook group called Heart of Texas organized a rally to "Stop Islamization of Texas"... 7/x
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...and a Russian Facebook group called United Muslims of America organized a "Save Islamic Knowledge" rally at same time, in same place. 8/x
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All this evidence should put to rest claims that Russia didn't actually try to influence the US election (as if more was needed). 9/x
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But it won't. Some Americans are too invested. They'd have to admit they fell for propaganda. The cognitive dissonance is overwhelming. 10/x
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Russia's effort to sow divisiveness hasn't stopped. Ex., they played both sides of the NFL
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This is a new type of warfare, particular to the internet age (especially social media), that allows Russia to punch above its weight. 12/x
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Sowing divisiveness is effective because Americans really are divided. On controversial issues, both sides think they're right. 13/x
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But the new Russian propaganda strategy amplifies the angriest voices, and gives the conspiracy theorists much greater reach. 14/x
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Old-school Russian propaganda tried to convince people that various false things are actually true. 15/x
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The new, more sophisticated Russian propaganda aims to cast doubt on Truth. Media's biased, authority figures lie, don't trust them. 16/x
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Repeat misinformation over and over to exhaust everyone. Two sides to every issue, both very biased, so might as well trust "your side" 17/x
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Russia's Information Age propaganda strategy is insidious & quite clever No clear counter We're behind, and just starting to catch up (END)
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How can we stop Russia from entering our social media in any way at all? This should be possible in 2017.
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Can't. "Any way at all" goes way too far against free speech. Government propaganda, though? Harder than you think, but should be possible.
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You're correct, just that the propaganda reached a point where it is absolutely heavy cyber warfare. Really hope Twitter/FB step it up.
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