Mueller Report Details How Russian Trolls Hijacked US Social Media

The newly released Mueller report outlines how Russia's Internet Research Agency uses major social platforms to sow political discord and explicitly support Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

18 Apr 2019 • 1 min read

The Mueller report reveals how Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA) systematically infiltrates U.S. social media platforms to influence the 2016 presidential election. Beginning in the spring of 2014, the group consolidates its American operations into a single department nicknamed the "translator" and ramps up its presence on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube before eventually expanding to Instagram and Tumblr.

As the IRA refines its strategy into 2015, it shifts from impersonating individual U.S. citizens to creating large groups and pages that mimic legitimate American political movements. The agency operates accounts representing both sides of the political spectrum, including anti-immigration groups, Tea Party activists, and Black Lives Matter supporters, to maximize domestic discord.

The report highlights an explicitly anti-Clinton agenda within the organization, with internal guidance directing specialists to criticize Hillary Clinton while openly supporting Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. When operatives fail to focus enough on attacking Clinton, they face internal criticism, showing that the IRA views undermining her campaign as an imperative goal rather than just a general strategy.

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