Yevgeny Prigozhin

Mueller Indicts 13 Russians and Internet Research Agency for Election Interference

2018-02-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation filed its first charges against Russian government entities, indicting 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for conducting a sophisticated social media disinformation campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The …

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Russian Internet Research Agency begins Facebook ad campaign to influence U.S. politics

2015-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency began purchasing Facebook ads and running coordinated influence operations. Senate Intelligence Committee reports and platform disclosures document spending (about $100,000 on ~3,000 ads) and reach in the tens of millions between 2015 and 2017.

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