Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election
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Mueller Probe
Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election
- Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel for the Department of Justice
- Looking for links between Russian government and Trump campaign
- Focus on information operations (social media)
Thesis
- The meddling of the 2016 election did influence the outcome
- This was done through hacking and social media
- There was intent to hurt Hillary Clinton
- Wanted to hurt the sense of democracy in America
By Livia Graham
Overview
Wikileaks
- Russian Meddling of the 2016 Presidential Election
- Social Media- Twitter & Facebook
- Brexit comparison
Background
Action Plan: Nationwide
- June 2016- DNC emails
- Release of 44,000 emails from the DNC server
- October 2016- Podesta emails(weekly)
- Comey letter
- 2015- DNC Hacking, Clinton campaign
- Podesta emails- over 60,000 emails were accessible
- 2016- Cozy Bear & Fancy Bear
- 2017-2018- Mueller Probe
What is being done right now:
- Facebook has created new transparency guidelines
- Legislation introduced to protect our privacy
- Bipartisan bill: The Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2018
- Thousands of controversial ads were posted from 2015-2017
- 470 accounts linked to the IRA
- Created to spark conflict between different groups
Action Plan: Individual
What you can do:
- Protect your privacy
- Use reliable sources
- Don't believe everything you read
- Support Mueller investigation
- Contact members of Congress
Graph
- Bots' tweets about Trump correlate with Human tweets about Trump
- Guccifer 2.0: Twitter and website
- Claimed responsibility for all the hacks
- Posted through Wikileaks
Brexit
- What is Brexit?
- Good for Russia
- Twitter interference
- Comparison to Presidential Election