Among the instances of fake, Russian-controlled social media activity highlighted in the release of the Mueller Report is the now-defunct @TEN_GOP Twitter account.

The @TEN_GOP account masqueraded as a Republican Party Twitter account that attracted more than 150,000 followers, including Donald Trump, Jr. and top members of the Trump administration during and after the 2016 presidential election. Twitter suspended the account in 2017.

The Mueller report details activities of the Russian-linked Internet Research Agency, known throughout the report as the IRA.

"Posts from the IRA-controlled Twitter account @TEN_GOP were cited or retweeted by multiple Trump Campaign officials and surrogates, including Donald J. Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Brad Parscale, and Michael T. Flynn," the Mueller report said.

"These posts included allegations that Secretary Clinton had mishandled classified information."

The Mueller report cited the fake Twitter account in the context of interactions between the IRA, a Russian controlled "troll farm" that engaged in online public influence campaigns, and members of the Trump campaign.

The account first appeared in late 2015 bearing the seal for the state of Tennessee. Twitter took the account down in 2017. The Tennessee Republican Party had repeatedly tried to halt the account, and criticized Twitter for taking too long to finally do so. The account frequently tweeted racist posts, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim messages.

The report said leaders of the IRA targeted various "leaders of public opinion" including Trump members and surrogates with the social media account, then monitored their reactions.

"In sum, the investigation established that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election through 'active measures' social media campaign."

The Russian social media campaign "violated U.S. laws through these operations, principally by undermining through deceptive acts the work of federal agencies charged with regulating foreign influence in U.S. elections."

Earlier this year, an effort by a Tennessee Democratic state lawmaker to require more transparency in social media accounts engaged in political speech failed.

The measure by Sen. Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville, would have required political communications on social media to identify the person, candidate or political committee that paid for or approved of the postings.

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