Yes, there's a question, since the source I quoted was Twitter, as referenced in the bipartisan senate report.
Why did you edit out Hamilton 68? That's not "something or other". It was the magical source of all of the alleged information showing these social media accounts were bots. The equivalent of McCarthy's list of communists.
I can't embed the video (because it would violate the rules on profanity), but here is a compilation of the media talking about "Russian linked Twitter accounts" and referencing Hamilton 68 as their source.
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Privately and "off the record", Twitter execs were questioning the veracity of Hamilton 68 saying this (emphasis added):
Off the record: I encourage you to be skeptical of Hamilton 68's take on this, which as best I can tell is the only source for these stories. 1) Hamilton 68 does not release the accounts that make up their dashboard, so no one can verify the accounts they include are in fact Russian automated accounts, and 2) it is extraordinarily difficult for outside researchers, who do not have access to our full API and internal account signals, to say with any degree of certainty that an account they believe is behaving suspiciously is 1) automated and 2 Russian. If you speak with them, I encourage you to press them on how they can be sure of both of these claims When they do not have access to internal signals and data.
So how does #releasethememo fit into this? Well, that was one hashtag that politicians and the media said began trending due to "Russian bots". But Twitter says in the email above (emphasis added):
We've been monitoring closely since #releasethememo started trending late last week, but thus far both hashtags appear to be organically trending.
We have not seen any indications that the accounts engaging in this activity for either hashtag are predominately Russian, or that Russian accounts are driving the engagement. The vast majority of what we're seeing here is appears to be organic in nature. Lots of prominent conservative Twitter accounts are using one or both of these hashtags, including DJT Jr, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Mark Meadows, and many others. This is inspiring a lot of both RTs and organic engagement.
This is unredacted evidence that calls into question their official, public statement. Why were they corresponding behind the scenes that there was little Russian involvement while simultaneously responding to the government saying that "50,258" accounts had been identified? Aren't you a bit curious why there's such a discrepancy?
