Panel says campaigns, media outlets need to verify source of viral social media posts before sharing
The Senate Intelligence Committee has confirmed the extent of the Russian government’s expertise at exploiting racial divisions in America.
Among the key takeaways of the second volume of the committee’s study of Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election is the extent to which minorities were targeted.
“No single group of Americans was targeted by [Internet Research Agency] information operatives more than African-Americans. By far, race and related issues were the preferred target of the information warfare campaign designed to divide the country in 2016,” the unclassified version of the report from the intelligence panel said.
View the complete October 8 article by Niels Lesniewski on The Roll Call website here.