Russian Trolls Went on Attack During Key Election Moments

“Thousands of Russian trolls targeted national events during the 2016 U.S. presidential election to infiltrate the online conversations of millions of Americans,” according to a new analysis of a database of recovered troll tweets by NBC News.

“The records show how digital communications tools invented by U.S. companies, such as Twitter and Facebook, were instead exploited by the Kremlin-backed agents to promote autocracy and fear.”