Detailed report on Russia’s influence on 2016 US elections out this week, report says

A report by the Washington Post has revealed that a detailed report on the extent of Russia influence on the 2016 U.S. election campaign will be released this week.

According to Washington Post, the report includes the first study of the millions of social media posts provided by major technology firms Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Google, to the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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The research also provides more details on known efforts by the Russian government’s Internet Research Agency to bolster Republican Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign and sow discord among U.S. voters.

However, the bipartisan panel has not said if it endorsed the findings of the report, which was compiled for the Senate by researchers associated with England’s University of Oxford, the newspaper reported.

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