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Source #6256

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TitleNYT investigation and leaked internal documents
Original URLhttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/26/reid-hoffman-apologizes-for-his-role-in-funding-misinformation.html
PublicationDirected Inquiry — Web Search
Source typeweb_search
Date2017-10-01
EntityProject Birmingham
Captured2026-04-13T02:58:12.390Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-13T02:58:12.390Z UTC
SHA-25646c87cc7babee47603a8709344a6cf9918b187a0b450a8732f7cd6622fbf0d1a
Content length130 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars) 
Project Birmingham created fake Russian bots to follow Roy Moore's Twitter account and amplified false Russian influence narrative

Verifying this receipt

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sha256( coalesce(url, '<no-url>') || '\n' || raw_content )

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  2. Concatenate url + '\n' + content and SHA-256 it.
  3. Compare to the SHA-256 row above.

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  --data-binary @document.txt

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