Russia's social influence operation "worse" than originally thought

3,073 views · Published 22 December 2018 · 4:16 · Indexed 4 October 2026

Channel: CBS Mornings · 2018 · News & Politics

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This week the Senate Intelligence Committee released a new report on Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election and beyond. It details a sophisticated, large-scale effort using every major social media platform to sow discord and to suppress voter turnout in some communities. Wired magazine took a deep dive into the report, and other sources, for this week's story: "How Russian trolls used meme warfare to divide America." Wired’s editor-in-chief Nick Thompson joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss some of the most shocking revelations from the report and how it could've been stopped.

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