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But recent "revelations" are simply the same accusations made against a Russian-based click-bait farm, repackaged and respun.
The Washington Post's article, "New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation's scale and sweep," would in fact present no new report. Instead, it would present repackaged narratives involving "Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election."
The Washington Post would claim:
The report, obtained by The Washington Post before its official release Monday, is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), its chairman, and Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), its ranking Democrat. The bipartisan panel also released a second independent report studying the 2016 election Monday. Lawmakers said the findings "do not necessarily represent the views" of the panel or its members.The two reports were put out by Oxford University's Computational Propaganda Project and New Knowledge. No information is provided by the Washington Post as to what either of these organizations are, who runs them, or who funds them.
Comment: The reach and extent to which the 'disinformation changers of perception' have been able to command, and continue to do so, is appalling. More than that it is scary because it speaks to the numbing and dumbing of sensibilities, the degradation of a government uninhibitedly targeting the society it represents, and forecasts a future based on the strongest lie.