Internet Research Agency

• As deadly measles outbreak spreads, Russian trolls and bots spread antivax messages. Here’s why

  Why do Russian bits and trolls care about vaccination controversies in the West, anyway? It's... cynical.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2018
  
• Facebook uncovers attempts to disrupt U.S. elections

  Facebook says it has uncovered sophisticated attempts to influence upcoming U.S. elections on its platforms.

  Politics

  Jul 31, 2018
  
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• From Russia with love: Inside the strange world of Facebook ads paid for in rubles

  Russian ads aimed at the U.S. featured shaky English, high emotion and a willingness to argue all sides of whatever controversy was going at the moment.

  Tech

  May 12, 2018
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• Protecting 2019 Canadian election from interference will require balance of free speech: Brison

  Distinguishing trolls from taxpayer will be one of the challenges facing officials tasked with trying to keep the upcoming federal election safe from attempts at foreign interference.

  Politics

  Mar 18, 2018
• Putin rules out extraditing Russians indicted by U.S. for election-meddling

  Putin said Russia will "never" extradite any of the 13 Russians indicted by the U.S., even as he insisted they didn't act on behalf of his government.

  Politics

  Mar 4, 2018
• Twitter suspends 1,062 accounts linked to Russian election-meddling campaign

  The accounts were linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian "troll farm" that disseminated content designed to influence public opinion during the U.S. presidential election. 

  Politics

  Jan 19, 2018
• Google, Facebook, Twitter face withering scrutiny from U.S. senators over Russian ‘cyberwarfare’

  U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday that congressional action might be needed in response to what one Democrat called "the start of cyberwarfare" against American democracy.

  News

  Nov 1, 2017
• Frustrated U.S. senators grill Facebook, Twitter, Google in Russia probe

  Exasperated U.S. senators harshly criticized representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Google at a hearing Tuesday for not doing more to prevent Russian agents interfering with the American political process.

  Politics

  Nov 1, 2017
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• A dodgy supplement supposedly ended Sidney Crosby’s career (it didn’t). Want some?

  Clickbait stories about Sidney Crosby lead to dodgy fake news sites hawking a supplement.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2017
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• Vladimir Putin accuses Canada of ‘political games’ over Magnitsky law

  Russian President Vladimir Putin is accusing Canada of playing "unconstructive political games" by passing its own Magnitsky law this week.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2017