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Foreign Trolls Use Social Media to Influence Canadian Politics SHARE ON: Photograph by Charles Lamb Russia and Iran used internet trolls in a massive disinformation campaign aimed at influencing politics in Canada, as well as trying to undermine the Conservatives during a federal election. That’s the conclusion of a study done by Simon Fraser University communications professor Ahmed Al-Rawi, which found that Iranian trolls targeted former Prime Minister Stephen Harper during the 2015 federal election. Using unwitting agents and well-known Canadian disseminators of disinformation, Iranian trolls spread false claims that Harper had been installed by the CIA and supported ISIS.

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