Russian bots were found to be targeting certain hashtags, including gun control now, gun reform now, and parkland shooting. It is just one way to widen the divide among u. S. Electorate on how to handle gun control, making compromise even more difficult. This has happened with past issues like that nfl anthem debate and the 16 president ial the 2016 president ial election. This ultimately led to Robert Muellers indictment of 13 russians. Facebook and twitter are doing more to expose these bots and fake accounts. Are the tech giants doing enough . We spoke to the senior policy advisor for the counter extremism project from washington. Not only did you see that russian bots come out in full force after the horrific and tragic events in florida but you , also saw the Robert Mueller indictment. Citing facebook thirtysomething times, twitter and youtube. The Tech Companies have a number of problems on their hands. The bots try to create division with divisive rhetoric and fake news conspira
But first, to our lead. Russian bots were caught to be targeting certain hashtags, including gun control now, gun reform now, and parkland shooting. It is just one way to widen the divide among u. S. Electorate on how to handle gun control, making compromise even more difficult. This has happened with past issues like the nfl anthem debate and the 2016 president ial election. This ultimately led to Robert Muellers indictment of 13 russians for allegedly meddling in the u. S. Elections. Twitter and facebook are facing renewed pressure to do more to expose these bots and fake accounts. Are the tech giants doing enough . We spoke to Bloomberg Technologys selina wang and tara maller, senior policy advisor for the counter extremism project from washington. Tara not only did you see that russian bots come out in full force after the horrific and tragic events in florida, but you also saw the Robert Mueller indictment, citing facebook thirtysomething times, twitter, and youtube all mentioned.
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