FBI tracked Election Day social media for fake news from Russia

The FBI monitored social media accounts on Election Day 2016 to track Russian efforts to spread damaging false information about candidates. Dozens of agents scanned Twitter and Facebook, where stories promoting conspiracy theories and false claims against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton had gained traction before the vote. Apparently, agents and security analysts spent the day at the FBI headquarters in Washington watching for security threats they believed were originating from Russia. Another group of FBI analysts and investigators found overseas-based social media accounts linked to the viral stories, which they suspected to be a part of a Russian disinformation operation, apparently.