Fake Russian Twitter users supported Trump early in his campaign

Fake Russian Twitter users supported Trump early in his campaign

The support for Trump was clear even at that stage: there was a 10-to-1 ratio of praise to criticism among the bogus accounts, a figure that would climb to 30-to-1 when the election was two weeks away. Identical messages often showed up within minutes of each other, hinting at tight coordination. And those posts that …