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The 21st-century Russian sleeper agent is a troll with an American accent (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 02/18/2018 - 18:51Editorial: What President Trump still doesn’t get about Russian interference in the election (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 02/18/2018 - 18:49Max Boot: President Trump is ignoring the worst attack on America since 9/11 (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 02/18/2018 - 18:48President Trump lashes out over Russia probe in angry and error-laden tweetstorm (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 02/18/2018 - 18:46President Trump tech adviser Reed Cordish is leaving the White House
A senior Trump administration adviser on government-to-government and technology initiatives is stepping down, the latest of more than a dozen top officials to depart the White House in little more than a year. Reed S. Cordish is leaving his post as assistant to the president in the Office of American Innovation, where he is being replaced by Brooke L. Rollins.
Google’s Chrome ad blocker means the Web’s largest ad company is also now advertising’s biggest traffic cop (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 02/15/2018 - 14:59
Russia used mainstream media to manipulate American voters
Russia’s disinformation campaign during the 2016 presidential election relied heavily on stories produced by major American news sources to shape the online political debate. The analysis by Columbia University social media researcher Jonathan Albright of more than 36,000 tweets sent by Russian accounts showed that obscure or foreign news sources played a comparatively minor role, suggesting that the discussion of “fake news” during the campaign has been somewhat miscast.