Twitter says the accounts will help The move comes weeks before <br />the U.S. midterm elections<br />on November 6. The internet's biggest social media companies have received scrutiny for their inability to curb fake news and coordinated <br />information operations <br />running rampant on <br />their platforms. The data released this week includes <br />3,841 accounts from the Russian-backed <br />Internet Research Agency. 770 other accounts appear to have ties to Iran. Researchers say the accounts target specific activist communities but largely remained apolitical <br />and opportunistic.