The US Senate this week will publish a report detailing “the vast scope of Russia’s disinformation campaign surrounding the 2016 U.S. election campaign”, Reuters reported referring to Washington Post. 

“The research, a draft of which was obtained by the newspaper, is the first to study the millions of social media posts provided by major technology firms Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Google, to the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to the Post,” the source noted.

According to Washington Post, the report contains new details of the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, which allegedly supported Donald Trump’s election campaign and tried to sow discord among American voters with publications on controversial topics such as gun violence and racial issues.

The report was compiled by researchers associated with the Oxford University, The Washington Post reported.