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And social platforms has sprung into action. joining me now, nbc news senior reporter, ben collins, who cowrote that story. ben, how many people did these accounts reach before they were shut down? >> tens of thousands. this was a trending topic on twitter. i stand with putin trended on wednesday. it actually got a second win in a more important win, that got pushed higher up that trending box. people denouncing it. and its actually a pretty good indicator of whats going on with russian propagan...

Immediately halt all operations inside russia, in response to u.s. sanctions on russian entities. they are among a growing list of companies now around the world, who are limiting holding business with russia. this week, russias central bank, more than double the countrys key interest rate, as its currency, there will be, hit a record low against the dollar. my panel is back with rt me. ben, let me start with you. he recently wrote an article about twitter banning accounts pushing the hashtag, i...

I think these disinformation websites, spreading out in all directions on the dozens of other sites that link to each other strengthening the entire web all over these sites. it makes it seem never ending. makes it seem true. this is something we have to recon with. when i say "we," im talking about facebook and you and me. every time we click and share these fake stories, somebody makes a little more money. these ended up right in facebooks trending box. while it may be all fun and profits, the...

The attorney general say that this was a mistake to do. i think that what we have is the media now and social media affecting the decisions of how our investigators work. im not sure thats a good idea. >> lets look at what donald trump has said just in the last few minutes. something that has no accuracy whatsoever. he wrote on twitter just now, wow, twitter, google, and facebook, are burying the fbi criminal investigation of clinton. very dishonest media. now, i think what hes talking about, i ...