In addition, Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the alleged Russia’s meddling in the elections and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. The DOJ appointed Mueller to supervise the investigation.
Socia lmedia companies including Facebook and Twitter are under pressure to eliminate fake user accounts and stop the proliferation of fake news.
On Friday, Twiiter disclosed that Russian bots retweeted President Donald Trump’s tweets 470,000 times during the final months of the 2016 elections. The social network also determined that around 2.12 million automated, election-related tweets came from accounts linked to Russians.
On the other hand, Facebook told the House Intelligence Committee, “We have seen only what appears to be insignificant overlap between the targeting and content used by the IRA and that used by the Trump campaign.”
