Twitter trolls linked to suspected foreign influence campaigns stoked controversy over pipelines and immigration in Canada, according to a CBC/Radio-Canada analysis of 9.6 million tweets from accounts since deleted. The troll accounts, which have since been deleted by Twitter, are suspected of having originated in Russia, Iran and Venezuela. Most of those pipeline tweets were sent on Jan. 24, 2017, when U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to greenlight the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines. (Made with WordArt.com)Iranian tweets well-versed in pipeline debateThe trolls appeared well-versed in Canadian debates about pipelines, quoting and retweeting prominent figures. Hudema has been highly critical of Canadian pipeline projects and oilsands developments.

Source: CBC News February 12, 2019 09:00 UTC