Unsealed FBI Doc Exposes Terrifying Depth of Russian Disinfo Scheme
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New court documents reveal that Russia is keeping a very, very long list of influencers to spread its propaganda.

New court documents reveal that Russia is keeping a very, very long list of influencers to spread its propaganda.

The Russian disinformation plot revealed in a Justice Department indictment this week may just be the tip of the iceberg, according to newly unsealed court documents.

On Wednesday, the DOJ announced it would seize 32 internet domains linked to a larger Kremlin scheme to promote disinformation and influence the 2024 election. The Russian campaign, known as Doppelganger, uses AI-generated content to create “fake news” boosted through social media with the aim of electing Donald Trump.

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Of particular note, the documents released Wednesday included an affidavit that noted a Russian company is keeping a list of more than 2,800 influencers world wide, about one-fifth of whom are based in the United States, to monitor and potentially groom to spread Russian propaganda. The affidavit does not mention the full list of influencers, but is still a terrifying indicator of how deep the Russian plot to interfere in U.S. politics really goes.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
    54·
    2 months ago

    Every single conservative comment I have seen about this has claimed it is made up by the DOJ. That is the extent of it.

      • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl
        11·
        2 months ago

        “DOJ is corrupt but also police can do no wrong, let’s give them tanks, until they are forced to be against our riots and then they are bad again, but only until we start saying that the riots weren’t us and was the deep state actors, then they never did anything wrong”

        • jaemo@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 months ago

          You know when you’re looking for a recipe and you get those long blog posts about “As a young lad, growing up on the farm, we’d often gather bargle nuts for the seasonal…” before finally getting you the info?

          Well your post is like finding the recipe only. That’s it. That’s their formula.

          This is how you bake fascist biscuits, no preamble.

          You will only ever get the blog post version when actually talking to a conservative however.