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Twitter has been slammed by the chair of a parliamentary committee for its "completely inadequate" response to an inquiry into Russian interference in the EU referendum.<\/p>\n

Damian Collins MP criticised the social media company for responding to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee's questions with just a copy of the letter it sent to the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n

Alongside the Electoral Commission, the committee is investigating social media companies as it attempts to identify the impact of "fake news"<\/a><\/strong> being circulated on social media during the Brexit campaign.<\/p>\n

"It seems odd that so far we have received more information about activities that have taken place on your platform from journalists and academics than from you," Mr Collins told Twitter.<\/p>\n

Mr Collins wanted to obtain a list of Twitter accounts linked to a private Russian company called the Internet Research Agency, which allegedly attempted to influence the US presidential election last year.<\/p>\n

Key evidence linking the Kremlin to social media troll accounts<\/a><\/strong> has not been made public, despite questions being raised of Twitter's methodology in identifying them.<\/p>\n

One of the suspended accounts that was presented to a US intelligence committee as being operated by Russian trolls was subsequently identified as belonging to a US citizen and reinstated, without explanation.<\/p>\n

Image:Social media companies have been questioned over Russian interference<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Twitter has informed the committee that its review has not concluded but that at the moment it had only identified expenditure by one Russian-linked account on its platform.<\/p>\n

The account belonged to media channel Russia Today, it said, which spent roughly $1,000 (\u00a3750) during the EU referendum advertising its coverage.<\/p>\n

Russia Today, alongside Sputnik, has since been prohibited from advertising on Twitter, and the company said it would donate the combined $1.9m (\u00a31.4m) that Russia Today spent globally on promoting its content towards academic research into elections and civil engagement.<\/p>\n

The criticism of Twitter follows Facebook's submission to the Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, Facebook claimed that only three Kremlin-linked accounts<\/a><\/strong> were found to have bought advertisements which could have influenced the Brexit referendum.<\/p>\n

These accounts, which Facebook claimed are associated with the Internet Research Agency, spent $0.97 (72p) on advertisements.<\/p>\n

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