Vast archive of tweets reveals work of trolls backed by Russia and Iran
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#4113P)
Two misinformation campaigns spent years sowing discord in US and elsewhere
More than 10m tweets sent by state actors attempting to influence US politics have been released to the public, forming one of the largest archives of political misinformation ever collated.
The database reveals the astonishing extent of two misinformation campaigns, which spent more than five years sowing discord in the US and had spillover effects in other national campaigns, including Britain's EU referendum.
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