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.

  • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world
    21·
    3 months ago

    No…To get around FARA they could never fund it, or ever coordinate with its leadership, just how AIPAC is funded entirely by US citizens and is ran entirely by US citizens, and has zero connection to the Israeli government.

    Which makes sponsoring an organization like this incredibly risky, which is why almost no one does it.

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
      11·
      3 months ago

      Then so too can the American Russian Public Affairs Committee be funded entirely by US citizens, ran entirely by US citizens, and have zero visible connection to the Russian government.

      • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        and have zero visible connection to the Russian government.

        No connections at all unless abiding by FARA yes, that would be legal. That’s not even close to what happened here.

          • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 months ago

            No? How did you even get that impression? I literally just said AIPAC has no connection to the Israeli government, therefore it shouldn’t be registered with FARA.

            Also lol, Change.org really?

            • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
              11·
              2 months ago

              Coordination with Israeli officials

              Rabbi Alexander Schindler, former chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (a US advocacy group), told an Israeli magazine in 1976, “The Presidents’ Conference and its members have been instruments of official governmental Israeli policy. It was seen as our task to receive directions from government circles and to do our best no matter what to affect the Jewish community.”

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States

              • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world
                1·
                2 months ago

                Wow one dude said something similar to them being Israeli controlled over 30 years ago, it totally must be true then. /s.

                This isn’t evidence of anything

                • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
                  11·
                  2 months ago

                  It is evidence.

                  Of course AIPAC is government controlled. It does nothing against their interests and everything for them.

                  Attempting to argue the contrary is disingenuous.