Twitter finds links to hundreds of Russian-backed bot accounts

Of the 450 accounts released by Facebook as part of its investigation, Twitter was able to match 22 of those to accounts on its own site. All 22 were immediately suspended. What’s more, Twitter found another 179 accounts linked to or associated with the original 22 that had no ties to any of the 450 Facebook ones. Twitter VP for Public Policy Colin Crowell reportedly met with members of both the