Russian Troll Account Classification with Twitter and Facebook Data

Abstract

In this analysis, we work with the data set that was compiled by Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren, along with a representative sample of Facebook ads that were released by the House Intelligence Committee Minority. The goal of this analysis is to use the categories defined by Linvill and Warren in the Twitter data and investigate if these categories exist in Facebook ads. This begin to give us insights to the tactics used between the two social media services. Further, we try to replicate Linvill and Warren's original categorization of the Twitter data. Lastly, we investigate what categories may exist in the Facebook data.