WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American intelligence and security officials on Tuesday will brief Congress about how Russia has been using social media to stoke racial and social differences ahead of this year’s general election, three sources familiar with the presentations said.
Voters arrive to cast their ballots in the Democratic primary election in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
U.S. government experts will say, in classified briefings to the full U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, that Russian social media efforts are currently more directed at stirring up social divisiveness than promoting particular U.S. presidential candidates, the sources said.
Among specific issues Russian trolls are seeking to exploit are gun control, ethnic group rivalries, tensions between police and lo