Hamilton 68 är en ny webbplats, skapad i ett samarbete mellan forskare och Alliance for Securing Democracy, som ska spåra och avslöja rysk propaganda och desinformation som sprids via den sociala tjänsten Twitter.
Webbplatsen analyserar inlägg som postats av automatiska konton (bots) och inlägg som postas av olika nättroll och konton som tillhör ryska nyhetsorganisationer och andra.
Sammanlagt följs och analyseras över 600 olika konton på Twitter, i realtid, för att avslöja och visa propaganda och desinformation.
“We’re not necessarily saying everyone in this list is getting a paycheck from the Kremlin,” said J.M. Berger, a fellow at the German Marshall Fund, adding that the group had “very high confidence” accounts selected were spreading Russian disinformation.
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In 2016, American democracy came under unprecedented attack.
The government of the Russian Federation attempted to weaken the pillars of our democracy and undermine faith and confidence in our societys most fundamental right the ability to choose our own leaders.
This effort was only the latest of Russias repeated and ongoing efforts to undermine democratic institutions and influence free and democratic elections throughout Europe. Its success has led Vladimir Putin to conclude that disruption is effective, and comes with little consequence.
These assaults employ offensive weapons to attack and weaken democracy. Putins Russia is seeking to harm the national security of the United States and our democratic allies and weaken us as nations by striking at our core strength the strength that enables us to protect and advance our interests and prosperity. These efforts are particularly insidious because they seek to use our greatest strength our openness against us in order to undermine our democracy.
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