British MP calls on Twitter to release Russian 'troll factory' tweets (21)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/14/british-mp-calls-on-twitter-to-release-russian-troll-factory-tweets

A senior British MP has called on Twitter to release examples of UK-related postings linked to a Russian “troll factory”, citing concern at possible “interference by foreign actors in the democratic process of the United Kingdom”. Damian Collins, the chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, said he wanted to see examples of posts about British politics after Twitter handed a list of 2,752 accounts to the US intelligence committee, all of which it had suspended for being linked to Russia.

• A tweeter called @SouthLoneStar posted a picture of a woman in a headscarf passing the scene of the attack with the caption: “Muslim woman pays no mind to the terror attack, casually walks by a dying man while checking phone #PrayForLondon #Westminster #BanIslam.”
• The woman said later: “Not only have I been devastated by witnessing the aftermath of a shocking and numbing terror attack, I’ve also had to deal with the shock of finding my picture plastered all over social media by those who could not look beyond my attire, who draw conclusions based on hate and xenophobia.”
• The US Congress select committee on intelligence said this month that Twitter had identified 2,752 Twitter accounts coordinated by humans at the research agency, which tweeted 131,000 times during the period 1 September to 15 November 2016. It also discovered almost 37,000 Russian “bot” accounts tweeting 1.4m times over the same period. 
• Twitter said the tweets impersonated US news entities, political parties, and groups focused on social and political issues.