In excess of 10 million tweets posted by presumed state-supported Russian and Iranian "troll ranches" have been shared online by Twitter.
It has distributed more than 360GB of material to help examines into how its stage has been utilized to attempt to impact general society.
The messages were presented from 2013 on 2018 and incorporate references to the US presidential race and the UK's EU submission.
Altogether, 4,570 records were included.
Early investigation by the BBC's information reporting group demonstrates "Brexit" was made reference to in 3,789 tweets connected the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA), about which were all distributed upon the arrival of the vote or a short time later.
Be that as it may, the hashtag #reasonstoleaveeu was likewise found to have been incorporated into the content of 1,092 tweets posted upon the arrival of the submission.
In February, Twitter told a House of Commons board it had distinguished 942 Brexit-related tweets posted by associated IRA accounts over the course with the whole battle.
The BBC comprehends Twitter's figure included just unique messages and not retweets, which the interpersonal organization trusts represents the uniqueness.
Regardless, the Brexit-related posts speak to a little division of the Russian-connected record's general action.
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