Twitter contacts users who interacted with Russian-linked propaganda during US election

Josie Tutty

January 21, 2018 11:56

Twitter will be contacting 677,775 people who followed, retweeted or liked posts from a Russian government-linked organisation in the lead up to the US election.

The social networking site had previously identified and suspended a number of accounts that were potentially connected to the organisation, known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA).

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Josie Tutty

Josie Tutty was Mumbrella's deputy editor. She worked on the publication between 2017 and 2019. She's previously written and edited in the UK for Jungle Creations and Trinity Mirror.

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Twitter contacts users who interacted with Russian-linked propaganda during US election

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