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title: "Trump, Russia, bots, and Brietbart: tl;dr edition"
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I've been researching and publishing a lot lately on misinformation, disinformation, ad-tech, sockpuppets, bots, media literacy, election hacking, and the Trump administration. There's a lot there. And it's scary stuff. But in the midst of the current head-spinning, scandal-a-minute news cycle, I can understand how this stuff can quickly get overwhelming.<commit_msg>trump, russia, bots, breitbart image<commit_after>---
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title: "Trump, Russia, bots, and Brietbart: tl;dr edition"
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I've been researching and publishing a lot lately on misinformation, disinformation, ad-tech, sockpuppets, bots, media literacy, election hacking, and the Trump administration. There's a lot there. And it's scary stuff. But in the midst of the current head-spinning, scandal-a-minute news cycle, I can understand how this stuff can quickly get overwhelming.
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