The Russian government is once again targeting Americans with covert online disinformation operations on social media seeking to undermine public confidence the midterm elections.
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From the New York Times:
Classified U.S. intelligence assessments from recent months have determined that the Kremlin has again authorized a digital influence campaign to peddle content across social media in hopes of seeding or amplifying domestic divisions around the election season, the officials said.
The assessments did not find evidence of attempts to take aim at voting machinery in a way that could compromise the actual voting process, the officials added.
But experts in Russian disinformation have spotted some social media campaigns in recent weeks that use artificial intelligence to create fake videos of Hollywood celebrities talking about key battleground Senate races.
Since 2016, the Kremlin has initiated online influence operations in every American federal election cycle, according to previously declassified assessments.
The report goes on to note that the Russian influence operations seem more focused on causing chaos in the U.S. electorate than actually aiding one political party over another.
Read more at the Times.
Russian disinformation campaign sets sights on US midterms.
A series of deepfake videos have been released that depict celebrities attacking Democrats, researchers say, warning it is just the starthttps://t.co/nYZokpxE1E pic.twitter.com/vSeuw3A5SN
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