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What to know about the Russian troll factory listed in Mueller’s indictment
Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 individuals for their attempts to meddle in the 2016 election. Twelve of them worked for the Internet Research Agency, a notorious Kremlin-linked Russian troll farm. The indictment says the Internet Research Agency, which is based in St. Petersburg, “engaged in operations to interfere with
Apple Facing Slew of Russian Lawsuits Over Slow iPhones
Seven lawsuits have been launched in Russia and “hundreds” dozens more are in the pipeline against US tech giant Apple which has already admitted to slowing the performance of older iPhone models, a lawyer for some of the plaintiffs said Wednesday. “We have sent seven lawsuits to Moscow courts — two have been
Social Engineering Through Social Media: From Fake Profiles To Russian Meddling
Facebook’s recent crackdown on Russian meddling got me going. Russia’s manipulation of Facebook’s ad platform has forced Facebook to up its moderation and take new machine-learning steps to invest in additional programming around it. The platform has also begun hiring 1,000 more human ad reviewers. According to a Huffington Post article, in
Russian special forces kill four militants in St Petersburg
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Russian special forces troops killed four militants in a shoot-out at a flat in St. Petersburg on Wednesday in a counter-terrorism operation targeting gang leaders from Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region. Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said that three of the four men killed had been senior