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126 Million People, 60 Protests, 1,100 Videos: How Russia Used Facebook And Google To Influence 2016 US Elections

A series of events happened since last year has proved that internet needs to be taken seriously. There have been reports that Russian government impacted US Presidential elections. It has been known that various Russian government-backed actors tried to influence and disrupt US elections through multiple social networks and other platforms. Facebook is the most prominent of […]

“Computers Have Made Life Complicated; Don’t Blame Russia For Hacking” — Trump

Short Bytes: “Donald Trump hates computers” — this fact was once again confirmed recently. Talking to the media, Trump rejected the claims that Russia helped him win the elections. Instead, he said that the computer and technology age has complicated human lives and people are clueless about their lives. The U.S. President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t use […]