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Russian Twitter propaganda predicted 2016 US election polls

  • Written by Damian Ruck, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Bristol
Trump's poll numbers went up after high levels of Russian troll activity, though Clinton's didn't go down. AP/Mary Altaffer, Chuck Burton

When Robert Mueller completed his long-awaited investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, he left many questions unanswered.

But one conclusion was unequivocal: Russia unleashed an...

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