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Russian bots behind '4,000% rise' in spread of lies after Salisbury and Syria attacks
1:30 PM - 20 Apr 2018
Russian
bots behind '4,000% rise' in spread of lies after Salisbury and Syria
attacks - Govt analysis
Theresa
May says "Kremlin inspired" accounts posting lies are "part
of a wider effort to undermine the international system".
Online
activity by Russian bots, trolls and automated accounts has increased
by 4,000% in the days and weeks following the Salisbury poisoning and
suspected chemical attack in Syria.
Government
analysis has identified "Kremlin inspired" accounts that
have repeatedly posted messages to "spread disinformation and
distort the truth" - described by Prime Minister Theresa May as
"part of a wider effort to undermine the international system".
One
Twitter account identified by the UK Government as being a Russian
bot, @Partisangirl, posted more than 2,300 tweets in less than a
fortnight - an average of 200 posts a day.
It's
estimated those tweets reached around 62 million people.
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