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Last November, a few days after the election, thousands of people gathered for a rally in New York to protest Donald Trump. The Guardian reported on the scale of the Nov. 12 rally at the time: More than 10,000 people indicated on Facebook that they would attend a noon march from Union Square to Trump Tower, the future president’s home and corporate headquarters.As marchers mustered at East 17th Street and Broadway, organisers estimated the turnout at 2,000. As the march began to move, however, the true figure seemed closer to the promised 10,000.Chanting “Not my president!”, the crowd set...

Although the mainstream media seem to be focusing solely on how Russia supposedly helped Donald Trump win the presidential elections, the truth of the matter is that the Kremlin also pushed Facebook to push leftist issues. Case in point: "Thousands of Americans attended a march last November organized by a Russian group that used social media to interfere in the 2016 election. "The demonstration in New York City, which took place a few days after the election, appears to be the largest and most successful known effort to date pulled off by Russian-linked groups intent on using social media platforms...