Russian trolls on Instagram focus on Joe Biden

As the 2020 election heats up, so, too, do the trolling and interference efforts. And we already know one of the biggest targets so far: former Vice President Joe Biden. 

The information comes as Facebook announced on Monday that it removed dozens of accounts and pages in response to "coordinated inauthentic behavior" by those accounts. The accounts were spread across four networks: three in Iran and one in Russia. 

The Russian network showed some telling links to our old friends at the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA). It was spreading disinformation via 50 Instagram accounts and one Facebook account. And, according to a company who worked with Facebook, Biden was their top target.  Read more...