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Political trolls adapt, create material to deceive and confuse the public

  • Written by Gianluca Stringhini, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University
Political trolls adapt, create material to deceive and confuse the publicTrolls get creative when looking to deceive.Planet Flem/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Russian-sponsored Twitter trolls, who so aggressively exploited social media to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, didn’t stop when Donald Trump was elected president.

Even after the election, they remained active and adapted their...

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