Research has identified how political extremists outside of the UK have been amplifying online pro-Leave views on Brexit.
"At the very least, our research shows there's a global effort amongst the far-right to amplify the 'Leave' side of the debate."A large part of the work by F-Secure has been to establish new ways of identifying fake accounts, especially ones which consistently push pro-Leave, anti-Muslim, and US-related right-wing content.of a Russian troll factory and accused them attempting of attempting to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
While the indictment remains the premier legal document regarding fake accounts on social media, little information is publicly available on platforms other than Twitter, as they do not allow researchers to access them. "Social networks generate huge volumes of data. Finding noteworthy trends and phenomena in this data can be complicated, resource-intensive work," explained Mr Patel.
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