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Business Insider: A new website named after a Founding Father is tracking Russian propaganda in real time
* A new website is attempting to track the spread of Russian propaganda and themes on Twitter in real time.
* The project is an attempt to undermine Russia's disinformation campaign in the United States and the West more broadly.
* Researchers are continously monitoring roughly 600 Twitter accounts "selected for their relationship to Russian-sponsored influence and disinformation campaigns."
A website launched on Wednesday by a former FBI special agent-turned disinformation expert claims to track Russian propaganda in near-real time, as it spreads via Twitter accounts that have been linked to Russian influence operations.
Clint Watts, who garnered national media attention after testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russia's ongoing cyber and propaganda war against the West, spearheaded the project called Hamilton 68 — a hat tip to the founding father's Federalist Papers No. 68.
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WNU Editor: The website for Hamilton 68 can be located here. It is interesting that the websites that are being flagged as being "stooges" of Russian disinformation campaigns are websites that are critical of progressives and Democratics. Is this a big thing .... no. I use Russian media sources all the time .... but I always identify who they are, and usually the reason why I post them is because I sense the story is accurate and true, and no one else is covering it. What would make Hamilton 68 a more interesting website is that if they track Russian themes on Twitter in real time, and then assess the accuracy of the tweets when time permits.
Hat tip to Fred for this link.
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