Andy Burnham has said Russia did interfere with the Brexit referendum and warned that similar activities were taking place in France and Germany.

The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."

"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.

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[–] 28 points 3 days ago (4 children)

In before .ml users tell them it's in their head and to stop believing imperialist lies

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  • [–] 14 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    The actual Kremlin shills are popping up everywhere, haven't seen anything but the normal cognitive dissonance from .ml. They're clearly cheap and not well organized this time though. Its very odd

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  • [–] 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    I wonder if there's a connection to the Russian bot farm that was destroyed recently

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago

    It wasn't a bot farm, it was a search engine data centre. The impact of that on trolling is likely to be minimal to none, though there's been evidence that search spidering originating in Russia has declined a bit.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    I doubt it.

    Most of them have been created before the destruction of it, and are still active after.

    Plus those data centers targeted much more popular platforms. Around smaller parts like these they use astroturfing on a much more manual basis.

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