"Brazen forgeries" designed to fan sectarian violence in Northern Ireland were sown online by a "Russian operation", a US think tank has said.
One involved a fake tweet by the UK defence minister about the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA), a militant group.
Another one was a false email by a Northern Irish party leader on Brexit.
And a third one said the RIRA had invited "Muslim extremists" to join them to "fight on the [sic] Irish soil".
The inflammatory content wa...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.