Did Russia interfere with the UK's Brexit vote?
Brexit
Researchers at the Swansea University who collaborated on a study with the University of California, Berkeley, say it is highly likely that British public opinion regarding Brexit was manipulated. Their research found that Russia used automated bots on Twitter to spread both leave and remain messages, driving a wedge between the electorate. Some of the details regarding the activity can be seen in the following infographic. The most active account during the referendum was "@Sveta1972q1" which posted 3,851 messages, or 154 per day on average. Read the full story on The Week.
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This chart shows Twitter activity by Russian bots in the run-up to the Brexit vote.
