Posted on 09/13/2017 3:25:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election is focusing increasingly on how Moscow used social media to disrupt the presidential race, according to a Bloomberg report.
That involves seeking additional information about Russian activities on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook disclosed last week that a Kremlin-linked company purchased more than $100,000 worth of ads on its platform that ran between June 2015 and May 2017.
Those ads were linked to nearly 500 fraudulent accounts that likely operated out of Russia and focused on hot-button issues like immigration and gun control.
Likewise, Twitter is expected to hand over to Congress an analysis of Russian activity on its platform, similar to the one provided by Facebook last week.
Social media has become an increasingly vulnerable target for foreign nations to try to influence the elections and policies of other countries, according to Bloomberg. U.S. intelligence agencies, including the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, are exploring how to prevent future election meddling. Meanwhile, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats warned that Russia is stepping up its cyber operations, saying Wednesday that Moscow has "assumed an even more aggressive cyber posture by increasing cyber espionage operations and leaking data stolen from those operations."
Congressional investigators are also turning their attention increasingly toward the role of social media in Russia's election meddling efforts.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said on Tuesday that his panel would likely interview Facebook officials as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the election, according to Bloomberg.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told Bloomberg that his panel has been talking with tech companies, including Facebook, about the matter.
$100,000 worth of ads over a two year period swayed a national election? Teach me how to do that!
Mueller’s investigation is really starting to look like one big huge fishing expedition.
This is a Democrat Lawyer Welfare Project (DLWP), plain and simple. These guys would have nothing to do if it weren’t for this boondoggle.
True! If $50,000 worth of ads in a year can sway the election then why are the pols trying so hard to raise money. They don’t need those high priced election consultants, just hire the Russians
The lawyer fools have no shame...or integrity. Losers.
As examples....they cited one in Texas and one in Idaho....those Russians turned both states against Hillary.
This has to be a joke
Yes, that amounts to about how many minutes? Clinton mentioned fake news accounts. It was not necessary to create fake news about her; just reel off her statements and actions.
If a measely $100k can get mueller’s attention, how bout him takin a look at the millions soros dumped on the elections
And the bitch spent upwards of a billion dollars to lose? Yeah, this makes perfect sense.
“This is a Democrat Lawyer Welfare Project (DLWP), plain and simple.”
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No. Worse than that. It’s taxpayer-funded Democrat opposition research for winning in 2020.
Well, that settles it!!! Trump is guilty, since he has a Twitter account.
$100K ain’t sh1t compared to what the russians paid Hillary and her rapist husband.
$100K ain’t sh1t compared to what the russians paid Hillary and her rapist husband.
Have we seen the content of the media buys done by these Russian agents? I thought Facebook was denying access to the actual messages.
How do we know that they were anti-Hillary? Were they, perhaps, on Bernie’s behalf? What was the timimg?
I’m still waiting to get my check from Putin for posting some pro-trump tweets on twitter
Unless Trump was involved, how is this within Mueller’s mandate?
It’s beginning to resemble the downfall of Joe McCarthy.
“Have you no shame, Senator? Have you no shame?”
Isn’t $100,000 one fifth what some Russians paid Hilliary’s husband for making a speech.
It’s beyond funny. It’s Alice in Wonderland
If he is truly going down that road, my gut tells me that he has exhausted all other avenues. Grasping at straws comes to mind.
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