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TechStream: How Russian trolls are adapting Cold War propaganda techniques

TechStream

We wrote a piece for TechStream, a new publication by the Brookings Institution, about Russian Twitter troll activity ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Our research shows they adapted Cold War propaganda techniques to social media — a tactic we call cross-platform pre-propaganda, or pre-propaganda that exploits the interconnected nature of platforms.

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Zeve Sanderson2020-06-09T03:22:48+00:00

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