Reddit and Pornhub hosted fake Hillary Clinton porn linked to Russian accounts

As we found out in March, Facebook, Twitter and Google aren't the only online platforms where Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. election has proved a problem.

Now, NBC News reports that Russian-linked accounts on Reddit, Pornhub, Spankbang and Imgur pushed a fake pornographic video of Hillary Clinton.

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The video, named "Leaked Hillary Clinton’s Hotel Sex Tape with Black Guy," was reportedly created by Russia's Internet Research Agency, which has been accused of meddling in the U.S. presidential election.

On Reddit, the video was posted by a now banned and archived account called Rubinjer, which had more than 100,000 upvotes to its name. Upvotes are the equivalent of Facebook's likes, and in conjunction with downvotes, are used to determine the relevancy of a post or comment. Read more...

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