Russian disinformation campaigns on Twitter target political communities across the spectrum. Collaboration between opposed political groups might be the most effective way to counter it.

Freelon, DeenLokot, Tetyana2020-02-072020-01-14Freelon, Deen, and Tetyana Lokot. "Russian disinformation campaigns on Twitter target political communities across the spectrum. Collaboration between opposed political groups might be the most effective way to counter it." Misinformation Review 1, no. 1 (2020).http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42401973Evidence from an analysis of Twitter data reveals that Russian social media trolls exploited racial and political identities to infiltrate distinct groups of authentic users, playing on their group identities. The groups affected spanned the ideological spectrum, suggesting the importance of coordinated counterresponses from diverse coalitions of users.en-USRussian disinformation campaigns on Twitter target political communities across the spectrum. Collaboration between opposed political groups might be the most effective way to counter it.Journal Article2020-02-0710.37016/mr-2020-003