> The Justice Department and the F.B.I. have also been investigating a handful of Americans accused of knowingly spreading false Kremlin narratives. But officia

> The Justice Department and the F.B.I. have also been investigating a handful of Americans accused of knowingly spreading false Kremlin narratives. But officials have emphasized that they are not aiming to curb free speech. Americans who merely repeat or spread stories they see on Russian state media are not being investigated as part of the efforts, officials said. Here's the exact thing. If I, as an American citizen, want to spread misinformation about an election on the internet, as far as I am aware, this is my absolute right, and not a crime. The only reason Russia has been so effective at this is because they're using our own networks against us - the right people to "investigate" here are not american citizens, but the mega corporations that give a platform to foreign influence campaigns. The funny thing is, a lot of the time the Russian "misinformation" is just parroting stuff straight from the Trump campaign. We call it "misinformation" when it's a foreign government, but if a politician does it, it's "campaigning." I am absolutely not arguing in favor of propaganda and misinformation, but I do take quite a bit of umbrage at American citizens being "investigated" for repeating Kremlin narratives, which don't really differ too far from Trump campaign narratives these days. edit: the americans investigated here appeared on russian television networks. Probably a bit more than what I am talking about, but I hate the idea of this on its face.