VOA
•US Politics
US Politics
61% Informative
Anonymous pro-Russian accounts spread anti-U.S. propaganda about a train derailment in Ohio.
The accounts were identified by Reset, a nonprofit that studies social media's impact on democracy.
One of the pro-Moscow accounts boasts 25,000 followers and features an anonymous location and profile photo of a dog.
Twitter says it's not done with intent in mind, despite heavy use of Russian propaganda.
One account reposted a claim that the U.S. was stealing humanitarian earthquake relief supplies donated to Syria by China.
The account has 60,000 followers and is known as Donbass Devushka, after the region of Ukraine.
Another pro-Russian account recently tried to pick an online argument with Ukraine's defense department.
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