RSN: Russian Operation Masqueraded as Right-Wing News Site to Target US Voters
THIS ARTICLE IS FROM 2020 - RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE WAS KNOWN AT THAT TIME Primary voters cast their ballots at a polling place in Louisville, Ky., on June 23. (photo: Erik Branch/Redux) Russian Operation Masqueraded as Right-Wing News Site to Target US Voters By Jack Stubbs, Reuters 01 October 20 he Russian group accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election has posed as an independent news outlet to target right-wing social media users ahead of this year's vote, two people familiar with an FBI probe into the activity told Reuters. The latest operation centred around a pseudo media organisation called the Newsroom for American and European Based Citizens (NAEBC), which was run by people associated with the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, the sources said. U.S. prosecutors say the agency played a key role in Russian efforts to sway the 2016 election in favour of President Donald Trump, and Facebook and Twitter exposed a fake left-wing media outlet in Sept...