The video itself had not been credibly tied to a troll farm account until Reddit released usernames tied to the Russia-linked agency Tuesday. The graphic video shows a blonde woman and a black man having sex through a mock hidden camera in what appears to be a hotel room. Rubinjer was the only user to post the video, and the account pushed the content on several platforms, both as animated GIFs and full videos, before the election. Reddit is the fourth-most-visited website in the United States, according to the web analytics company Alexa. The Rubinjer account posted the porn video to that same community in
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As we found out in March , Facebook, Twitter and Google aren't the only online platforms where Russian interference with the U. On Reddit, the video was posted by a now banned and archived account called Rubinjer , which had more than , upvotes to its name. Upvotes are the equivalent of Facebook's likes, and in conjunction with downvotes, are used to determine the relevancy of a post or comment. Links to the video and GIF appear to be now deleted, but NBC reported the posts "largely fell flat, with most users expressing skepticism" of its veracity. Rubinjer represents one percent of Russian-linked Reddit accounts that have more than 10, karma, albeit half of these were already banned prior to the platform's investigation. Reddit found suspicious accounts in total, with 70 percent of the accounts boasting zero karma. None of the accounts purchased ads on the platform.
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A pornographic video on Reddit that falsely claimed to show the former Democratic presidential nominee having sex has been connected to Russia's Internet Research Agency. A whistleblower from the agency told a Russian TV station in October that the agency had created a fake Clinton porn video. The video depicts a blonde woman and a black man having sex through a mock hidden camera in a hotel room, and it was pushed by the troll farm on several platforms before the election. The video, which was viewed more than , times on PornHub, had not been linked to a troll farm account until Reddit made usernames tied to the Russian agency public. The account, which was named Rubinjer, was the Russian agency's most popular Reddit account, receiving almost , upvotes before being shut down. Currently, as the fourth-most-visited website in the US, Reddit is home to the largest and most popular fan communities of President Donald Trump. Reddit said that Rubinjer and over other accounts connected to the Russian troll farm were suspended after not previously being identified. The Internet Research Agency has also had accounts banned from Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr for posting divisive messages.
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