New website aims to track Russian-backed propaganda on Twitter

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#CYBER RISK
AUGUST 2, 2017 / 4:59 PM / 3 HOURS AGO

New website aims to track Russian-backed propaganda on Twitter

Dustin Volz

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A website launched on Wednesday seeks to track Russian-supported propaganda and disinformation on Twitter, part of a growing non-governmental effort to diminish Moscow's ability to meddle in future elections in the United States and Europe.

The "Hamilton 68" dashboard (here) was built by researchers working with the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan, transatlantic project set up last month to counter Russian disinformation campaigns.

The website, supported by the German Marshall Fund, displays a "near real-time" analysis of English-language tweets from a pool of 600 Twitter accounts that analysts identified as users that spread Russian propaganda.

The site was launched at a time when the Trump administration has shown reluctance to address Russian cyber attacks during ongoing investigations into whether his campaign colluded with Moscow during the 2016 election.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-russia-idUSKBN1AI2RV

[freddyvh]

1. since this admin doesn't care, someone should

why would the DOJ turn down $80 million for this purpose

[WhiteTara]

2. Because Tillerson is getting much much more

for his personal account. 80mil is a drop in the bucket to a man who has 200 billion dollars.