How Russian networks worked to boost the far right in Italy
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An analysis of social networks reveals how Kremlin-backed media outlets boosted xenophobic discourse The Russian meddling machine has been focusing on Italy in recent months, conducting a disinformation campaign on the migration situation in order to drum up support for radical parties ahead of the general elections scheduled for Sunday. According to an analysis of 1,055,774 posts from 98,191 social media profiles to which EL PAÍS has had access, a network of anti-immigration and anti-NGO (...)