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Senate report finds millions of social media posts by Russians aimed at helping Trump, GOP
Yahoo ^ | 12/17 | Yahoo News

Posted on 12/17/2018 9:52:34 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue

One report, compiled by Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project and a social media analysis firm called Graphika, looked at millions of posts on every popular social media platform from Facebook to Pinterest that were provided to the Senate and House Intelligence Committees.

The second report – written by New Knowledge, a cybersecurity firm specializing in protection from "social media disinformation attacks" – found that in addition to a "sweeping and sustained social influence operation," the Russians also tried to hack online voting systems and stole Clinton campaign emails, "which led to a controlled leak via Wikileaks."

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KEYWORDS: graphika; oxford; oxfordu; oxforduniversity; socialmedia; trumprussia
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I find this to be laughable. Did the Russians intervene? Yes. BUT, and this is a big but...

Did they intervene to help Trump or did they intervene because Putin hated Clinton?

There IS a difference. The latter doesn't require any sort of collusion by anyone. If the Russians would have done what they did whether Jeb or Trump were running, then there is nothing further to discuss.

And all of this boils down to one other question: Did the Russians change even one vote? The answer is NO and the media knows it or they'd be asking the question for everyone to here.

There is NO - NADA - ZERO evidence of that anywhere. I got news for the people running this show - what China just pulled off is far worse than Putin hating Clinton.

Did the Russians interfere? Yes, I think they tried and did. Did it help Trump? Maybe. But that shouldn't be the question we're all asking. The question is - Did it hurt Hillary?

I think it did. I'm glad it did. Did the GOP benefit? Sure. But not because they colluded for it.

1 posted on 12/17/2018 9:52:34 AM PST by TangledUpInBlue
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To: TangledUpInBlue

The Globalists can go to hell.


2 posted on 12/17/2018 9:54:16 AM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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Nope. Not even one Russian pro hildabeast post to be found. Not even on strozk and page’s i-phoneys.


3 posted on 12/17/2018 9:54:30 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Now here is a real Headline.

Conservatives find Tens of Millions of social media posts designed to destroy Trump.


4 posted on 12/17/2018 9:54:59 AM PST by Revel
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So let’s see those posts


5 posted on 12/17/2018 9:55:30 AM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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And this proves?????

Perhaps they can do a study of how many social media posts/news articles the Pravda left wing media in this country created to help Hillary Clinton become President in 2016.


6 posted on 12/17/2018 9:56:20 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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And the Dems had NBC who held onto an Access Hollywood tape to hurt Trump and released it at the most damaging time, to hurt Trump..gee I dont hear anyone saying the Dems colluded with the media


7 posted on 12/17/2018 9:56:39 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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What about the billions of Social Media posts by Americans helping Trump and the GOP?


8 posted on 12/17/2018 9:57:17 AM PST by Rebelbase
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Let’s see. An Oxford University study reported on by Yahoo. I’ll bet that all the information there was cooked, twisted, then cooked again.

And ANYTHING that would vindicate Trump, or implicate Hillary...wiped away (like with a cloth).


9 posted on 12/17/2018 9:58:36 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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The Globalists can go to hell.
what's a globalist? srsly.
10 posted on 12/17/2018 9:58:52 AM PST by JohnBrowdie
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“I find this to be laughable. “

Senator Richard Burr of NC is Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He is a strong believer in bipartisanship and has one of the most partisan Democrat minority heads on the committee in Mark Warner. If you watch any committee meeting or press conference it is clear Burr defers to the very aggressive Warner. For Burr keeping the appearance of bipartisanship seems to be more important than driving to find the truth. This is one of the reason the Senate committees investigating anything the Democrats have politicized accomplish zero. Burr is the epitome of the Bush country club GOP.


11 posted on 12/17/2018 10:00:04 AM PST by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on)
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Meadow muffins.

Oh, it’s Yahoo.

Should have ignored.

5.56mm


12 posted on 12/17/2018 10:00:29 AM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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the Russians also tried to hack online voting systems and stole Clinton campaign emails,
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Seth Rich was the leak from the DNC and they plugged him.

Russia,Russia,Russia is to distract from that fact.


13 posted on 12/17/2018 10:01:36 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Senate report finds millions of social media posts by Russians aimed at helping Trump, GOP

...without evidence.


14 posted on 12/17/2018 10:02:24 AM PST by Flick Lives
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Who is more dangerous inteferring in elecyions

CNN/MSNBC or Russia?

CNN/MSNBC are more dangerous American enemies than Russia


15 posted on 12/17/2018 10:03:19 AM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
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Telling the truth about Hillary is a Crime.

Telling a Lie about Trump is a Public Service.


16 posted on 12/17/2018 10:03:28 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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Burr is an undocumented Democrat in an R jersey.


17 posted on 12/17/2018 10:03:37 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Soul of the South
Yeah, Lamar Alexander is retiring.
18 posted on 12/17/2018 10:03:49 AM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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What would have been the ideal election result for Russia in 2016? Trump winning the popular vote but their bought rented* and paid for stooge Clinton winning the electoral vote thus splitting the nation. She would have never put in place policies like massive production of oil and natural gas which strike at Russia's main export.

You can never buy a Clinton. They aren't honest enough to stay bought.

19 posted on 12/17/2018 10:04:12 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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Ah, so it was the Russians that wiped Clinton’s servers and Russians that removed the headers from classified documents and Russians that made her ...


20 posted on 12/17/2018 10:05:50 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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