To the Point
Russian trolls and American thinking
Big Tech was on the defensive this week on Capitol Hill. Twitter, Facebook, and Google held back their famous CEO's and sent their lawyers to be grilled by members of both parties. But Republicans and Democrats may have learned more than expected. Russian disinformation is aimed at creating social upheaval not just at partisan politics.
By Warren Olney • • 31m ListenPhoto: Senators look at a placard presented as evidence of Russian social media manipulation, during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to answer questions related to Russian use of social media to influence US elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 1, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
