Twitter Just Released Two Huge Datasets Related to Election Interference Activity on Its Platform

3,841 accounts affiliated with Russia’s Internet Research Agency are covered, along with 770 that likely originated in Iran

Twitter has released examples in the past of accounts and content used by the Internet Research Agency, the Russian government-linked organization that used social media posts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. On Wednesday, Twitter released everything.

The social network made two sizable datasets available Wednesday—one regarding the IRA, and the other related to accounts that potentially originated in Iran and were engaging in coordinated behavior aimed at the upcoming midterm elections in the U.S. Those accounts were removed in August.

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