Russia-Linked Account Was Behind Fake Hillary Clinton Sex Video, Reddit Says

Source: Newsweek Magazine



BY CHANTAL DA SILVA ON 4/11/18 AT 5:34 AM

A Reddit account that posted a video falsely claiming to show former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton engaged in a sex act has been traced back to Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA), Reddit revealed on Tuesday.

The user, who went by the name Rubinjer, was the Russia-linked agency's most popular account on Reddit, before it was shut down by the site, according to an NBC News report.

The IRA, a St. Petersburg-based "troll farm" known for posting divisive political content, had published a post on Reddit's largest Trump-supporting community r/The_Donald called "This is how Hillary gets black votes," with links to an animated gif of the fake porn video.

The fake sex tape was posted at least five times to PornHub, where it was viewed more than 250,000 times, according to NBC. It was also published on another porn site.




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