Hamilton 68 was and is a computerized "Dashboard" designed to be used by reporters and academics to measure "Russian disinformation".
Thanks to the Twitter Files, we can welcome a new member to their infamous club: Hamilton 68.
Mother Jones alone did at least 14 stories pegged to the group's "Research." Even fact-checking sites like Politifact and Snopes cited Hamilton 68 as sources.
The accounts Hamilton 68 claimed were linked to "Russian influence activities online" were not only overwhelmingly English-language, but mostly "Legitimate people," largely in the U.S., Canada, and Britain.
Instead of tracking how "Russia" influenced American attitudes, Hamilton 68 simply collected a handful of mostly real, mostly American accounts, and described their organic conversations as Russian scheming.
"Why can't we say we've investigated and citing Hamilton 68 is being wrong, irresponsible, and biased?" one exec asked, after Russians were blamed for hyping the #ParklandShooting hashtag.
The Hamilton 68 story shows how the illusion of ongoing "Russian interference" worked.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/highly-cited-hamilton-68-russiagate-tracker-total-hoax-taibbi
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