Russian bots zeroed in on a survivor of the Florida school shooting who's been targeted by far-right conspiracy theorists
Get the Full StoryScreenshot CNNRussian bots targeted David Hogg, a survivor of the Florida school shooting.
Hogg has been the target of a number of far-right conspiracy theories.
An expansive network of Russian social media bots has zeroed in on David Hogg, a Florida school shooting survivor who's been the target of far-right conspiracy theorists in recent days.
Researchers at Hamilton 68, a joint venture between the Alliance for Securing Democracy and the German Marshall Fund tthat has closely tracked the automated Russian Twitter accounts, found Tuesday that "Hogg" was the top trending topic within the network it follows. The researchers found a more than 8,000 increase in tweets on containing the student's last name. The words "David" and "survivor" were also among the top trending words in the bot network.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: How to make America great according to one of the three cofounders of Black Lives MatterSee Also:Trump just signaled an openness to move on gun control after the Florida high-school shootingSuspected Russian spy pictured with his 'good friend' Boris Johnson'To every politician who is taking donations from the NRA, shame on you': Survivors of the Florida school shooting rage against gun lobbySEE ALSO: The far right thinks there's a massive FBI-linked conspiracy around survivors of the Florida school shooting
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