Russia aim to deter black US voters: Study

The Russian troll farm that disrupted the 2016 US presidential election sought particularly to demoralize African-Americans and deter them from voting, according to a comprehensive new report for the Senate.

The primary goal of the St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) was to deepen divisions in US society and convince Democrat-favoring liberals -- including Latinos, youths and the LGBTQ community -- not to vote, the report said.

But the most extensive analysis yet of thousands of IRA ads and posts across social media platforms in 2015-2017 showed a special emphasis on provoking the anger of black Americans so that they would stay home on election day.

However, Kremlin rejected Washington's accusations calling the charges incomprehensible.

"It voices absolutely general charges and accusations and some of them are absolutely unclear to us," Peskov told reporters on a conference call.

 

Russia aim to deter black US voters: Study

The Russian troll farm that disrupted the 2016 US presidential election sought particularly to demoralize African-Americans and deter them from voting, according to a comprehensive new report for the Senate. The primary goal of the St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) was to deepen divisions in US society and convince Democrat-favoring liberals -- including Latinos, youths and the LGBTQ community -- not to vote, the report said. But the most extensive analysis yet of thousands of IRA ads and posts across social media platforms in 2015-2017 showed a special emphasis on provoking the anger of black Americans so that they would stay home on election day. However, Kremlin rejected Washingtons accusations calling the charges incomprehensible. It voices absolutely general charges and accusations and some of them are absolutely unclear to us, Peskov told reporters on a conference call.