Russia social media meddling more widespread - reports

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Russia social media meddling more widespread - reports

Included attempts to divide Americans by race and extreme ideology.

Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election on social media was more widespread than previously thought and included attempts to divide Americans by race and extreme ideology, said reports by private experts released on Monday by US senators from both parties. The Russian government...

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