A new website named after a Founding Father is tracking Russian propaganda in real time

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August 2, 2017 5:27 PM

A website launched on Wednesday by a former FBI special agent-turned disinformation expert claims to track Russian propaganda in near-real time.

Clint Watts, who spearheaded Hamilton 68, garnered national media attention after testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russia's ongoing cyber and propaganda war against the West.

Clint Watts, who garnered national media attention after testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russia's ongoing cyber and propaganda war against the West, spearheaded the project called Hamilton 68 — a hat tip to the founding father's

At one point, Russia's infamous troll factories were likely being paid by the Kremlin to spread pro-Trump propaganda on social media. F

"We're not deciding what news and stories to highlight. We're just showing what accounts linked to Russian influence operations are tweeting about."

Rosenberger, who is leading the project on the German Marshall Fund's side, made a similar point.

Some of the content being pushed out by these accounts is "

were selected for their relationship to Russian-sponsored influence and disinformation campaigns, and not because of any domestic political content," according to the site.

The researchers say they monitored the datasets "for months" and concluded that these 600 accounts participated "

As of August 2, the top URL being shared by these accounts was an InfoWars story about Rich that was sourced to Trump confidante Roger Stone. The top hashtag being used by these accounts was "#MAGA" — an acronym for President Donald Trump's campaign slogan, Make America Great Again — followed closely by "#sethrich" and "#fakenews."

"It's pretty clear we are behind the curve here," Rosenberger said. "O

Tillerson is reportedly concerned that the funds will anger Moscow — a worry that Rosenberger said was "misplaced" and offers "insight into the naïveté with which they're approaching this issue."

"Russia istaking an adversarial posture toward democratic institutions and the West," she said. "Our government needs to be at the forefront of that defense."

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