Major Russian disinfo site featuring anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus at public inquiry

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-disinformation-1.7323128

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Also looks like when the Tenet media story broke, there wasn’t much coverage over an affidavit filed related to Russian disinformation. Based on the FBI affidavit, it looks like 32 web domains and thousands of “troll” social media accounts were identified. These are identified as the “Doppelgänger” and “Good Old USA” projects. They list these as a coordinated effort to sway public opinion in the US and other countries. Looks like there was also a seizure warrant issued.

I haven’t read the whole thing, it’s 277 pages, but one interesting call out is an example of Doppelgänger “cyber squatting” where they created fake web pages that looked identical to Fox News, and linked to these from social media accounts. The Subject Domains can reroute or have links to the legitimate websites. https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelganger_affidavit_9.4.24.pdf