Polarizing Tweets by Russian Trolls on Vaccination Targeted Groups in 2016 | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

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Polarizing Tweets by Russian Trolls on Vaccination Targeted Groups in 2016

In the 2016 election cycle, Russian Twitter trolls sent targeted pro- and anti-vaccination tweets via various fake persona types, poisoning the kind of crisis communications that may be critical today in the coronavirus pandemic.