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How Russian Trolls Collected Americans’ Personal Information

 

How Russian Trolls Collected Americans' Personal Information

By Wall Street Journal

The Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency, a.k.a. the Troll Factory, used fake social media accounts before and after the 2016 U.S. election to collect sensitive personal information on Americans, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. Shelby Holliday explains how the Russian schemes worked.

 

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