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The latest batch of Twitter Files have revealed that a left-wing think tank called Hamilton 68, which claimed to monitor Russian online activity, was responsible for thousands of false stories about Russia's influence on US politics. The think tank was created by former FBI agent Clint Watts and was part of the Alliance for Securing Democracy, an organization established in 2017, shortly after Trump's presidency. The group's advisory council included prominent figures such as John Podesta, Michael Morell, Michael McFaul, and Bill Kristol, as per a report by New York Post. The Twitter Files revealed that Hamilton 68's claims of widespread Russian interference on social media were frequently challenged by Twitter executives internally. Apparently, internal audits conducted by Twitter showed that the accounts flagged by the think tank were not Russian bots.
In essence, the think tank falsely claimed that there was widespread and deep Russian penetration of American social media. Twitter's internal audits repeatedly showed that the accounts flagged by Hamilton 68 were not Russian bots, according to the latest batch of Twitter files. Matt Taibbi, who released the files, stated that the Hamilton 68 dashboard was a scam and that it collected mostly real, mostly American accounts and described their organic conversations as...
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