Twitter Users Reportedly Conned by Russia
January 22, 2018
1/22/18 – The social media giant Twitter just disclosed thousands of accounts associated with the Russian government and a Kremlin-linked troll farm that collectively posted more than a million misleading messages preceding the 2016 US elections, adding that “such activity represents a challenge to democratic societies everywhere.” In Issues, a scholar who studies the ethical and social dimensions of emerging technologies recently offered a detailed analysis of such “weaponized narratives,” including how they are used, what factors are catalyzing their spread, and how they might be resisted.