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It’s worth noting that the heads of CIA, FBI, NSA, DHS and the Justice Department have all confirmed the Russian government are currently actively engaged in on
by debt 7y ago
It’s worth noting that the heads of CIA, FBI, NSA, DHS and the Justice Department have all confirmed the Russian government are currently actively engaged in ongoing global disinformation campaigns propagated primarily on social media designed to sway elections in democracies abroad.
It’s beyond dispute.
The Russian government has breached confidentiality.
- zkid18 7y agoUS intelligence agencies do the same, no? The country intervening in most foreign elections is the United States with 81 interventions, followed by Russia (including the former Soviet Union) with 36 interventions from 1946 to 2000—an average of once in every nine competitive elections [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_electoral_intervention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_electoral_intervention
- debt 7y ago"US intelligence agencies do the same, no?" Yes, definitely, again another thing beyond dispute. Not sure what the point is you're trying to make though.
- remarkEon 7y agoThe most effective aspect of this disinformation campaign is that if you share the wrong meme on reddit or Facebook you can get accused of being a tool of the Kremlin, which is pretty grand and hilarious really. Americans have gaslit themselves into thinking the Russians are everywhere (again).
- zkid18 7y agoMy point is that I do not see a direct connection between the mobile application founded by the Russian indie developer almost 2 years ago and the swaying one of the most established democracy in the entire history.
- Craighead 7y agoNo, not at all the same. Please educate yourself on the Russian SORM law. Russia a revisionist authoritarian regime establishing cyber sovereignty in places other than Russia.