With the immense membership in the pages established, the Russian administrators embarked on a campaign of persuasion that at times was subtle and at times not-so-subtle. But even the missives attacking Clinton as a fraud, those calling on blacks to boycott the election altogether or to vote for Stein, and those accusing the mainstream media of lies were not easy to distinguish from legitimate American pages. The reports said many of the posts amplifying the themes the Russians were promoting to disrupt the election came from American activists unaware they were participating in the scheme.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2018 20:27 UTC