Russian IRA Interference
🔵 Foreign Interference & Disinformation ·
Jun 2015
Summary
Trump announces his presidential candidacy. Simultaneously, Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Kremlin-linked troll farm, escalates its ‘translator project,’ creating thousands of fake U.S. social media accounts promoting Trump and attacking Clinton. The Senate Intelligence Committee later found the IRA’s operation reached 126 million Facebook users, 20 million Instagram users, and 1.4 million Twitter users.
Key Figures
Institutions Involved
Internet Research Agency, Senate Intelligence Committee
Sources
- Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election
- Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election
- Grand Jury Indictment of IRA