After previously denying the problem, Twitter said Thursday that a small number of Russian-linked accounts tried to influence the 2016 Brexit referendum. The information was disclosed by Nick Pickles, Twitter’s UK head of public policy and philanthropy, at a UK House of Commons public hearing held in Washington, DC.
The company discovered that 49 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, a known source of Russian misinformation, collectively posted 942 tweets during the referendum campaign, said Pickles. These tweets cumulatively were retweeted 461 times and were liked 637 times, he said.
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