How Russian trolls weaponized your social media feed

Russia spent billions on a troll army to meddle in American democracy. Here’s how you can stop them.

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The Internet Research Agency, explained: http://bit.ly/2qSo9wN

Reddit just shut down nearly 1,000 Russian troll accounts. Read more: http://bit.ly/2HpvIkX

A recent federal indictment against 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies gives us more information than ever about how exactly a Kremlin-linked organization went about meddling in the 2016 US election. Social media companies have begun to combat the problem. But the homegrown bitterness and hate that these Russian trolls are exploiting is a much harder phenomenon to cure.

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