A New York University study found that Russian social media schemes during the 2016 election had little meaningful effect on U.S. voter behavior.
According to the study, the researchers found “no evidence of a meaningful relationship between exposure to the Russian foreign influence campaign and changes in attitudes, polarization, or voting behavior.”
Russian disinformation was concentrated among social media users, with “only 1% of users account[ing] for 70 percent of exposures.”
