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Mark Warner: Russian operatives are attempting to infiltrate and manipulate American social media to hijack the national conversation…

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
Russian operatives are attempting to infiltrate and manipulate American social media to hijack the national conversation and to make Americans angry; to set us against ourselves, and, at their most basic, to undermine our democracy.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Warns about Russian interference in American social media and its impact on democracy.

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