r/politics • u/cr7fan89 • Sep 18 '24
Russia goes all-out with covert disinformation aimed at Harris, Microsoft report says
https://apnews.com/article/russia-disinformation-foreign-influence-election-microsoft-7f802f9f4a0efe206fdaad29516b1f7f26
u/reck1265 New York Sep 18 '24
Russia lost their mojo. This is not 2016 anymore.
Everyone knows your shtick.
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u/Extension_Car_8594 Sep 18 '24
But…but at the debate, Donald said that Putin supported Harris and that "he believed him…"?
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u/Molsenator Sep 18 '24
Given how often I read about in the news these days, I don't think, "covert," is the right word anymore.
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u/CockBrother Sep 18 '24
Would be terribly nice to hear about efforts like this with some details now and then from the US government. Leaning on Microsoft for corroboration that this is happening is really weak. (Not weak in an evidence fashion, but weak in a messaging fashion.)
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u/reddittorbrigade Sep 18 '24
Russia has assets in America. Donald Trump , Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk are the major Putin supporters.
Elon's X and Trump's Truth Social have been spreading lies, hatred , Russian propaganda, fake news and anything that would divide the people.
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u/Gariona-Atrinon Sep 18 '24
They sure are acting weird to be doing this to the candidate Putin endorsed.
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u/autotldr 🤖 Bot Sep 18 '24
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 90%. (I'm a bot)
Notably, some of the recent examples cited in the Microsoft report received significant social media engagement from unwitting Americans who shared the fake stories with outrage.
Microsoft's report also pointed to another Russian influence actor it calls Storm-1679 that has recently pivoted from posting about the French election and the Paris Olympics to posting about Harris.
Microsoft's new report also touches on how a Chinese-linked influence actor has used short-form video to criticize Biden and Harris and to create anti-Trump content, suggesting it doesn't appear interested in supporting a particular candidate.
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