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Britain Accuses Russia of Brexit Vote Meddling as New Evidence Emerges


After widespread allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, the first evidence is emerging of possible attempts by Moscow to influence Britain’s referendum on leaving the European Union.

Researchers have identified thousands of social media accounts that promoted anti-EU messages or sought to whip up political and racial tensions.

The investigation by the University of California, Berkeley and Britain’s Swansea University shows in the two days leading up to the “Leave” victory in June 2016, Twitter accounts based in Russia posted almost 45,000 messages about Brexit, most of them anti-EU.

The next day, the majority went silent. By far the …read more

Source: Voice of America

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