Russia launched a covert offensive in 2016 that took direct aim at American society.

The operation affected millions through an ambush few citizens saw coming.

No weapons of mass destruction were deployed. There were no fatalities. The soldiers didn’t carry firearms or wear uniforms; instead, they sported jeans and sweatshirts and wielded laptops and Ethernet connections. The only bombs they planted were political memes and disinformation designed to polarize the public. 9

The unit was the Internet Research Agency , a Saint Petersburg-based troll farm acting on behalf of the Kremlin to influence the 2016 presidential election through Facebook ads attacking Hillary Clinton.

Those posts were shared widely across social media, sowing division among Americans for the small price of

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