What Twitter's massive new data dump reveals about Russian trolls
Last year, Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance by video at the BET Awards, where Chance The Rapper was being honored for his charity work in Chicago.
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Russian trolls are excited the NFL is back
Millions of Americans are looking forward to the return of Sunday NFL football this weekend. And somewhere in St. Petersburg, a group of Russian trolls likely is, too.
Facebook now requires Social Security number to buy political ads
Facebook users in the United States who want to run certain ads on the platform will need to hand over the last four digits of their social security number and a picture of a government-issued ID.
Facebook issues new rules for Facebook Pages
Facebook announced Friday that it is introducing new rules for Facebook Pages — rules that, had they been in place earlier, could have stopped Russian trolls posing as Americans from wreaking havoc on the platform in the lead up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Russian trolls created Facebook events seen by more than 300,000 users
Posing as American activists, Russian government-linked trolls created 129 Facebook events between 2015 and 2017.
