> They manipulated voter rolls, falsified vote counts, and spread massive amounts of propaganda — things like posters, pamphlets, and leaflets — to manipulate p

> They manipulated voter rolls, falsified vote counts, and spread massive amounts of propaganda — things like posters, pamphlets, and leaflets — to manipulate people’s views. The last one is not like the first two. I think it is uncontroversial that the first two are bad. However, the last one is very vague and runs up into issues of free speech and free press. Throughout history, opponents of a government have been silenced by saying that they are just mouthpieces of a foreign government. For example, should a Canadian be banned from writing an op-ed during a US election. If John Oliver makes fun of a political candidate, is it foreign election interference, given he is not an American citizen? If a media company that has a significant amount of stock owned by a Chinese or Saudi or Japanese company, criticizes a candidate, is that also foreign election interference?