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riversedge

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Tue Jan 23, 2018, 08:01 PM Jan 2018

Sen. Feinstein and Rep. Schiff have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg and @jack urging them to inves

glad the Dems on the committee are trying to do something positive

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Natasha Bertrand
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7h7 hours ago

Sen. Feinstein and Rep. Schiff have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg and @jack urging them to investigate involvement of Russian bots pushing #releasethememo campaign. Here’s my story about it that they cited: http://www.businessinsider.com/release-the-memo-campaign-russia-linked-twitter-accounts-2018-1



Russia-linked Twitter accounts are working overtime to help Devin Nunes and WikiLeaks



http://www.businessinsider.com/release-the-memo-campaign-russia-linked-twitter-accounts-2018-1

Natasha Bertrand

Jan. 19, 2018, 12:58 PM 83,207



Devin Nunes Republican Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations have begun promoting the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo.
It's a reference to a document written by Rep. Devin Nunes that purports to show abuse by the Obama administration of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The frequency with which the accounts have been promoting the hashtag has spiked by 233,000% over the past 48 hours, according to an analysis.
The most-shared URL has been a link to WikiLeaks' "submit" page.



Republican lawmakers are pushing for the House Intelligence Committee to release a memo written by the panel's chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, that outlines purported surveillance during the transition period against President-elect Donald Trump by former President Barack Obama's administration.

And Russia-linked Twitter bots have jumped on the bandwagon.

#ReleaseTheMemo is the top-trending hashtag among Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations, according to Hamilton 68, a website launched last year that says it tracks Russian propaganda in near-real time.

The frequency with which the accounts have been promoting the hashtag has spiked by 233,000% over the past 48 hours, according to the site. The accounts' references to the "memo," meanwhile, have increased by 68,000%. ..............................





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Sen. Feinstein and Rep. Schiff have sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg and @jack urging them to inves (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2018 OP
Where did WikiLeaks get millions of dollars to 'match reward funds'? htuttle Jan 2018 #1
There are millions of Russiabucks invested in both Facebook and Twiiter C_U_L8R Jan 2018 #2
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