Russian trolls created Facebook events seen by more than 300,000 users - Jan. 26, 2018

 


" The events were organized on a range of divisive issues and were designed to pit Americans against each other.

In one case, the troll group organized and promoted two opposing events on the same day at the same location in Houston, Texas.

"Heart of Texas," a page that posed as a pro-Texas secession organization, promoted a "Stop Islamization of Texas" protest at the opening of a library at an Islamic Center on May 21, 2016. The same troll group used another page, "United Muslims of America," to promote a "Save Islamic Knowledge" event at the same time. "
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Russian trolls created Facebook events seen by more than 300,000 users - Jan. 26, 2018