Technology that reviewed potential Russian bots, Hamilton 68, has been revealed to be fraudulent, according to the latest drop of the “Twitter Files.” Out of the 644 accounts flagged as “Russian influence activities,” only 36 accounts were ultimately found to be Russian. Twitter’s former Trust and Safety head, Yoel Roth, stated the company “falsely accuses a bunch of legitimate right-leaning accounts of being Russian bots” to gain “traction around partisan trends.”
From The Daily Wire:
The project was launched by former FBI agent Clint Watts and received backing from the German Marshall Fund and the Alliance for Securing Democracy. The latter entity, a bipartisan think tank, has an advocacy panel that includes former acting CIA Director Michael Morell, former American ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, current Biden administration senior adviser John Podesta, and Bulwark editor-at-large Bill Kristol. Allegations of collusion with Russia similarly followed former President Donald Trump throughout his administration; Robert Mueller, a special counsel appointed by the Justice Department, investigated claims that the Trump campaign illegally coordinated with Russian agents to influence the 2016 election, eventually concluding that no such evidence existed.
