Report: Russia-linked Accounts Spread Anti-migrant Posts Online
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A group that studies false news online has made a new report.
The group says some social media accounts are linked to Russia.
These accounts are part of something called the Pravda network.
The report says the accounts shared far-right messages.
Far-right means people with very strong, extreme political views.
This happened during a migration event in Ceuta.
Ceuta is a Spanish city near Africa.
Many people came to Ceuta at the same time.
This is called a migration crisis.
The report says the accounts reached over 500,000 people.
Some accounts had links to the Russian military.
The group says these accounts helped spread the far-right message.
The report calls this kind of activity disinformation.
Disinformation means false information shared on purpose.
Experts are worried about this kind of online activity.
Vocabulary15 words
- Pravda network
- a group of websites people say is connected to Russia
- far-right
- very strong, extreme political ideas
- migration crisis
- a sudden, big movement of people into a place
- disinformation
- false information shared to trick people
- amplify
- to make something bigger or louder
- counter-disinformation
- work to stop false information
- network
- a group of connected things or people
- analysis
- careful study of something
- military
- a country's army
- social media
- websites and apps for sharing posts
- narrative
- a story or message people tell
- influx
- many people coming in at once
- reach
- the number of people who see something
- linked
- connected to something
- channel
- a way to send a message, like an account
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A group that studies false news online has made a new _____.
The group says some social media accounts are linked to _____.
These accounts are part of something called the _____ network.
The report says the accounts shared _____ messages.
This happened during a migration event in _____.
Many people came to Ceuta at the same _____.
This is called a migration _____.
The report says the accounts reached over _____ people.
Some accounts had links to the Russian _____.
The report calls this kind of activity _____.
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