Twitter may notify users exposed to Russian propaganda during 2016 election


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  • Thursday, 18 Jan 2018

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 20, 2017 shows logos of US online news and social networking service Twitter displayed on computers' screens. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were pressed in Congress on January 17, 2018 over their reliance on artificial intelligence and algorithms to keep their powerful platforms clear of violent extremist posts. In a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, executives of the world's top social media companies were praised for their efforts so far to eliminate Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and other jihadist content from the internet. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE

WASHINGTON: Twitter may notify users whether they were exposed to content generated by a suspected Russian propaganda service, a company executive told US lawmakers on Jan 17. 

The social media company is "working to identify and inform individually" its users who saw tweets during the 2016 US presidential election produced by accounts tied to the Kremlin-linked Internet Research Army, Carlos Monje, Twitter's director of public policy, told the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. 

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