Iran attempted to influence the 2012 election using 300 fake social media accounts and pushed Ron Paul over Mitt Romney, newly released data from analytics firm shows
Iran posted items on Facebook in an attempt to sway American voters taking part in the 2012 Republican presidential primary, it has been claimed.
A report by the media analytics firm Graphika shows several posts on the social media giant which are said to have been fabricated by Iran in an effort to boost the candidacy of Ron Paul and sabotage the chances of Mitt Romney.
The alleged campaign was years before the Russian Internet Research Agency was alleged to have launched a widespread disinformation campaign through social media in an attempt to influence the 2016 elections.
The Iranian effort is alleged to have been undertaken by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, according to Graphika researchers.
The report claimed that IRIB ran more than 300 active, fake ..
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