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How Russia Dominates Your Twitter Feed to Promote Lies (And, Trump, Too)
Trolls for Trump
Fake news stories from Kremlin propagandists regularly become social media trends. Here’s how Moscow does it… and what it means for America’s election 2016.
Clint Watts
Daily Beast Contributor
Andrew Weisburd
Published
Aug. 6 2016
12:03AM EDT
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Clint Watts
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