Russian accounts still active on pro-Trump sites -researchers

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Russian accounts still active on pro-Trump sites -researchers
Joseph Menn
Mon, 7 June 2021, 10:13 AM·3-min read

(Reuters) -A group believed to be Russian has remained active on internet services favored by far-right Americans, showing efforts to interfere in U.S. politics continue after the election, according to reports from social media research firm Graphika and nonprofit Advance Democracy Inc.

The group, which Graphika believes to be connected to previous Russian interference efforts, runs at least 20 accounts on a new version of an internet bulletin board once known as TheDonald, in reference to former president Donald Trump. Discussion site Reddit banned the forum last year, saying it encouraged violence against public officials.

The accounts also posted cartoons and comments that falsely accuse President Joe Biden, a Democrat, of pedophilia and senility…Graphika said 16 times in March and April, Patriots.win accounts posted the same cartoons as accounts the firm was already tracking on Gab, a site popular with white supremacists. Neither Gab's top executive nor a group of Patriots.win moderators responded to Reuters questions about the accounts.

…On Thursday, the most active of the Patriots.win accounts posted "2A is the answer to the corrupt pedo elite," garnering hundreds of supportive votes. 2A refers to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protecting the right to bear arms.

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