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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Fri Sep 15, 2017, 12:38 PM Sep 2017

How Russian Social Media Impacted The Election

Sep 15, 2017
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Julia Ioffe discuss Russia's digital meddling effort in the 2016 election and the status of the Russia probe as well as why Trump didn't build in Russia.

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How Russian Social Media Impacted The Election (Original Post) L. Coyote Sep 2017 OP

I'd love to know just how many votes were ultimately influenced by Russian propaganda bearsfootball516 Sep 2017 #1

They wouldn't have spent millions on Social Media if it wasn't worth it. sagesnow Sep 2017 #2

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

1. I'd love to know just how many votes were ultimately influenced by Russian propaganda

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Fri Sep 15, 2017, 12:44 PM

Sep 2017

It sucks that there's no way to officially know, because it's not a tangible thing.

sagesnow

(2,824 posts)

2. They wouldn't have spent millions on Social Media if it wasn't worth it.

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 01:45 PM

Sep 2017

Republican IT Professional, Theresa Wong, says Facebook definitely won the election for Donald Trump.
BBC: The Digital Guru Who helped Donald Trump to the Presidency
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029596974

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