s="indent" >   The IRA later used social media accounts and interest groups to sow discord in the U.S.
political system through what it termed ”information warfare.” The campaign evolved from
a generalized program designed in 2014 and 2015 to undermine the U.S. electoral system,
to a targeted operation that by early 2016 favored candidate Trump and disparaged
candidate Clinton. The IRA&#x2019;s operation also included the purchase of political
advertisements on social media in the names of U.S. persons