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Russian broadcaster attempted to take over Twitter accounts to boost 2016 election coverage

By Diana Stancy Correll
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Russian broadcaster attempted to take over Twitter accounts to boost 2016 election coverage

The Russian government-backed broadcaster RT attempted to commandeer two Twitter accounts to boost coverage of the 2016 election.

RT contacted Twitter’s advertising department in 2016 and said it wanted to take ownership of two Twitter accounts, @NotHillary and @NotTrump, to increase their coverage of the 2016 election. Twitter did not permit them ownership of the accounts, which had not been active during the 2016 election.

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