Study Exposes Russia Disinformation Campaign That Operated In The Shadows For 6 Years
Source: NPR
For the past six years, an obscure disinformation campaign by Russian operatives has flooded the Internet with false stories in seven languages and across 300 social media platforms virtually undetected, according to new report published on Tuesday by social media researchers.
The operation, named "Secondary Infektion" by researchers, has sought to spread pro-Russian propaganda around the globe by sharing fake tweets from U.S. elected officials and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. And it attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Researchers say it will likely try to spread falsehoods tied to the November election, too.
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Security officials at Facebook first identified the campaign last May, and since then, the tech giant and other platforms have been working to block the campaign. But it is so decentralized that it is still operating, though researchers say since it was exposed, the group's activity has slowed.
It is the latest contribution in a growing body of research about how disinformation is created and spreads online, as social media platforms debate how best to control potentially damaging and harmful false content aimed at exploiting divisions and causing chaos around national crisis or elections.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/878169027/study-exposes-russia-disinformation-campaign-that-operated-in-the-shadows-for-6-
dhill926
(16,314 posts)and slam these fucks with sanctions...
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)plenty of information about ratfucking that was made public then...
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)niyad
(113,063 posts)AZ8theist
(5,409 posts)cstanleytech
(26,236 posts)which is not exactly new news.
Ford_Prefect
(7,872 posts)By this, I mean that Intelligence typically uses multiple attacks by varied agents to accomplish their goals. The Russian state has at least 4 agencies who will have their own methods and vectors of attack.
This is to say nothing of what other interested parties may also be doing. IE: China, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, to name the most obvious.
In addition, we can expect that some portion of the investment industry, the military arms suppliers, the oil and mineral extraction infrastructure, and the entire Right-wing network, along with players to be named will be working their ugly magic to disable Democracy and the vote.
mpcamb
(2,868 posts)...but I'm sure Billy Barr had good reason to redact it.
Let's get that RAT!!