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Liberal In Texas

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6. This wasn't a hoax. It was a cyber-attack by forign nationals. And by that I mean Putin and Russia
Sat Sep 23, 2017, 12:34 AM
Sep 2017

My election district was attacked. Fortunately because of either incompetence on our side our theirs or dumb luck they didn't do damage.

But there were the troll factories in the former Soviet Union that targeted propaganda right down to the individual on social media.

The stories they spread were no urban legends or hoaxes done for fun. This was selected disinformation campaign clearly and cleverly crafted to influence specific targets. And funded by Russia.

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