Sentences with phrase «russian false account»

In one instance, that super PAC produced an ad, which a Russian false account tweeted out, and Flynn then significantly amplified the Russian account's tweet.

, that Super PAC produced an ad, which a Russian false account tweeted out, and Flynn then significantly amplified the Russian account's tweet.

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We now know that Russian - sponsored trolls used phony accounts and networks of automated «bots» to stoke controversies and seed the news ecosystem with false narratives during the 2016 presidential election.

Russians indicted in election interference used false documents to maintain PayPal and cryptocurrency exchange accounts, the indictment said.

The indictment also cites a number of paid social media ads denigrating Clinton, bought with Russian money funneled through PayPal accounts set up using false U.S. identities.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment outlined the efforts of the Kremlin - linked Russian troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency, which spread false stories and propaganda using thousands of accounts.

Back in 2015, Russian trolls attacked Ukrainian protesters with false reports of inappropriate content, causing their accounts to be taken down.