Russia and the US Presidential Elections
It was in 2016 when the people in the United States of America had enthusiastically cast their votes to elect a new president. Unexpectedly, Trump emerged as a winner and became the 45th president of America. Whatever has followed since then is not concealed from anyone. But, if anyone could recall, a controversy had hit the headlines soon afterward: It was alleged that Russia had meddled into the USA elections. The incident, quite unique in itself, was the first time that an external state, not a domestic actor, had interfered in the American democratic system. The issue was investigated, followed by the release of reports claiming that the offender had exploited the information and cyberspace landscapes to sow discontent and confusion in the country. An army of digital bots had been released on Twitter and Facebook to foment disorder and feed particular narratives to the people. Still more, traditional media outlets, hundreds of social media pages and blogs, and youtube ch...