Twitter turns over 'handles' of 201 Russia-linked accounts
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October 15, 2017
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Twitter has handed over to Senate investigators the profile names, or "handles," of 201 accounts linked to Russian attempts at influencing the 2016 presidential election. The company has stepped up its efforts to cooperate with investigators after it was criticized for not taking congressional probes seriously enough.
The handover occurred this week, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
What remains unclear is whether posts associated with those accounts have been deleted from Twitter's servers. Politico rep...
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