Report finds Russian disinformation campaign targeted Mueller

Source: The Hill | December 17, 2018 | Emily Birnbaum

Russia’s online disinformation campaign targeted special counsel Robert Mueller on multiple social media platforms, posting messages that sought to frame Mueller as corrupt and untrustworthy, according to a new report prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee

Researchers with the firm New Knowledge found that the Russian troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) posted images and memes seeking to discredit Mueller as one method of sowing discord in the U.S.

One meme posted on Instagram claimed that Mueller had worked in the past with “radical Islamic groups,” as first noted by The Washington Post

Across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms, Russians sought to amplify negative messages about Mueller.

Mueller earlier this year indicted the St. Petersburg-based IRA, along with other Russian bodies involved in the disinformation campaign, on criminal charges.

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