2024-09-24
35 分钟From recorded Future News, I'm Dina Temple Raston, and this is click here.
With less than 50 days to go before the 2024 election, adversaries appear to be lining up to do whatever they can to muddle the process.
And while a lot of the conversation has been devoted to protecting the integrity of voting machines and reporting systems, what Russia, China, and even Iran are doing is something much more subtle.
They're not trying to disrupt the process.
They're trying to change the conversation.
Now, there are fake sites created on both sides of the aisle.
Chinese affiliated online accounts have started posting exclusively about divisive us political issues such as immigration and race.
Just this month, the Justice Department announced investigations into two alleged Kremlin disinformation campaigns.
One was a plot to create and operate 32 sites that looked like real news outlets like CNN and the Washington Post.
Thats according to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
But in fact, they were fake sites.
They were filled with russian government propaganda that had been created by the Kremlin.
And then on top of that, there was this other thing involving RT, what used to be known as Russia.
Today, they managed to get right wing YouTube influencers like Dave Rubin and Tim Poole to unwittingly push Kremlin talking points.
Did you read the indictment?
It clearly says that I, as well as the other personalities, were deceived by.
People intentionally to trick us into licensing.
Our content to them.
That's Tim Pool defending himself on his podcast.
Given all this, you can understand why Senator Mark Warner of Virginia is so concerned and why he convened a hearing with tech executives last week before the Senate intelligence Committee.