Russian trolls on Twitter had little influence on 2016 voters
Russian trolls on Twitter had little influence on 2016 voters posted at 16:21:38 UTC via washingtonpost.com Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202! I caught up on some time hanging out with friends this past weekend. Friends are cool. I recommend them. Below: A watchdog criticizes the Interior Department’s cybersecurity weaknesses, and the FCC proposes new data breach rules. First: Russian influence operations on Twitter in the 2016 presidential election reached relatively few users, most of whom were highly partisan Republicans, and the Russian accounts had no measurable impact in changing minds or influencing voter behavior, according to a study out this morning. The study , which the New York University Center for Social Media and Politics helmed, explores the limits of what Russian disinformation and misinformation was able to achieve on one major social media platform in the 2016 elections. “My personal sense coming out of this is that this got way overhyped,” Josh Tucker, one