
Russian social media influences in America More information is gradually being uncovered about Putin's role in the 2016 American election. There have been huge allegations regarding the collusion between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the presidential election, but with the surfacing of new reports we are realizing that this collusion was rather extensive. A report put out by Oxford University reveals that Russian social media techs infiltrated American social media platforms in order to deter certain demographics from participating in the presidential election. The new knowledge report states in particular black millenials were targeted. The Russians were motivated to suppress Democratic turnout, thus ceeding the elections over to President Trump. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram were the main sites found to be hiding these huge Russian influences according to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Many calculated that Russia's role was consequential in a Trump ...