Oxford study: Tens of millions of dollars are being spent on social media propaganda to manipulate voters - Raw Story

While much of the world's attention is currently centered on efforts by Russian operatives to sow discord among the American electorate with fake social media postsand "troll farms" during the 2016 presidential election, an Oxford Internet Institute study published Friday found that use of social media by governments looking to "spread junk information and propaganda to voters" has become a global phenomenon....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/oxford-study-tens-millions-dollars-spent-social-media-propaganda-manipulate-voters/

What we can learn from the 3,500 Russian Facebook ads meant to stir up U.S. politics | TechCrunch

On Thursday, Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released a massive new trove of Russian government-funded Facebook political ads targeted at American voters. While we’d seen a cross section of the ads before through prior releases from the committee, the breadth of ideological manipulation is on full display across the more than 3,500 newly released ads — and that doesn’t even count still unreleased unpaid content that shared the same divisive aims.....

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/10/russian-facebook-ads-house-intelligence-full-list/

Cambridge Analytica linked to Blackwater's Erik Prince -- who allegedly sought back channel for Trump and Putin - Raw Story

President Donald Trump's former digital operation Cambridge Analytica reportedly has links to Erik Prince, the founder of former mercenary firm Blackwater. Prince's sister, Betsy DeVos, serves as education secretary for President Donald Trump. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/cambridge-analytica-linked-blackwaters-erik-prince-allegedly-sought-back-channel-trump-putin/

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Worries about Trump's legitimacy resurface with Russia indictment -- POLITICO

The charges came to no conclusion about voter influence, but described extensive efforts to tip the election in his favor.....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/16/muller-indictment-trump-election-legitimacy-416163