California Democrats Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff are asking Twitter and Facebook to probe whether a hashtag promoting the release of a classified memo compiled by Republicans was propagated by Russian bots.
In a letter sent to the two companies’ CEOs Tuesday, Schiff and Feinstein asked the social media giants for “urgent assistance” in “our efforts to counter Russia’s continuing efforts to manipulate public opinion.”
The memo in question was authored by Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) staffers. It reportedly contains classified information about the conduct of senior Department of Justice and FBI officials that allegedly proves Republicans’ claims of the Justice Department’s bias against President Donald Trump. The memo was made available to the entire House of Representatives on Thursday, which prompted calls on social media for the memo to be made public, including a Twitter hashtag “#ReleaseTheMemo.” The memo reportedly has not been shared with the Justice Department, Politico and the Daily Beast reported.
I read the classified memo related to the DOJ, FBI, & FISA & possible Russian collusion in the 2016 elections. I was disturbed by its contents & it should be released to the public. I signed a letter, with 63 of my colleagues, to HPSIC Chairman Nunes calling to #ReleaseTheMemo pic.twitter.com/RS0O48B4Ms
— US Rep Rodney Davis (@RodneyDavis) January 23, 2018
Citing reports from multiple news outlets, Schiff and Feinstein said that by Friday the hashtag “was ‘the top trending hashtag among Twitter accounts believed to be operated by Kremlin-linked groups’” and was being used “‘100 times more than any other hashtag’ by accounts linked to Russian influence campaigns,” the pair said in the letter.
They asked Facebook and Twitter to determine by Jan. 26 how many Russian influence accounts were linked to social media posts calling for the release of the memo; “the frequency and volume of their postings on this topic;” and how many non-bot Twitter and Facebook users had been exposed to posts calling for the memo’s release.
Read the letter below:
Russian bots went crazy supporting Nunes nonsense in the wee early AM hours before his whacky presser last year. I would bet $1000 that Nunes is not just protecting Trump but somehow working with Russia, either unwittingly or via kompromat blackmail or whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDNR9cpMEw4Don’t worry, Nunes will release it as soon as Faux News’ executives and producers are finished reviewing it and planning out their propaganda blitz surrounding its release.
And let’s be honest here: Nunes isn’t just acting like someone who is desperate to protect Trump. He’s acting like someone who is desperate to protect Nunes. I’m at the point of assuming he’s implicated at some point.
“According to Klayman, Montgomery also claimed these security agencies had manipulated voting in Florida during the 2008 United States presidential election.”
Funny how there’s always at least ONE nugget that shows it all comes back to white nationalism, eh?
Well there should be at least one person in the WH and one person at the DoJ that shouldn’t be able to read it. The WH person still hasn’t gotten their security clearance and the DoJ person lied and lied, and lied some more to Congress.
No bots, no bots, you’re the bots!