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NUMBER OF TWEETS GENERATED BY RUSSIA AND IRAN-BACKED TROLL ACCOUNTS, WITH SOME DATING BACK TO 2009. TWITTER HAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED THE ARCHIVE IN A BID TO GIVE RESEARCHERS MORE INSIGHT INTO ‘POTENTIAL INFORMATION OPERATIONS’. IT IS LARGELY BELIEVED THAT THE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS MOSTLY OCCURRED AROUND THE 2016 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT THE NEW DATA SHOWS THAT SOME ORIGINATED FAR IN ADVANCE.