On a general note if the West is even marginally affected by the propaganda machines of any foreign actors, then it has an intrinsic structural fault than can undermine in the end the entire structure. Back in June, when the special committee was set up, the commission asked online platforms to work closely with independent fact-checkers and provide monthly reports on their efforts to combat fake news.
Spreading disinformation on the results of the elections represents a threat to the credibility of the electoral process, meant to undermine confidence in the democratic institutions in the United States, the alert reads. Citing two unnamed sources who reviewed the assessment, The Washington Post reported that the first line of the document states: “We assess that President Vladimir Putin and the senior most Russian officials are aware of and probably directing Russia’s influence operations aimed at denigrating the former U.S. vice president, supporting the U.S. president and fueling public discord ahead of the U.S. election in November.” The highly classified report was reportedly published internally at the end of August, and builds upon intelligence gathered by the FBI and the NSA. For example, Facebook and Instagram draw attention to content from health authorities like the World Health Organization.
The Russian authorities’ disinformation campaigns use both traditional media and online media, including social media platforms.
The raison d'etre of these organisations has been well expressed in this article.
The authorities convinced Pavel Durov, the creator of Vkontakte—the Russian equivalent of Facebook—to sell them shares in the company so the authorities could monitor what the people of Russia was talking about. Instead the news stories were shaped around the first part of the document, which talked about political developments such as how to support the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and build alliances with leftist parties and Alevis to weaken Erdoğan’s party.
Two of those outlets, RT and Sputnik, operate in 100 countries and broadcast programs in thirty languages. Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference.
'The interpretation of historical events have become a tool of disinformation...' As far as I know, the worst distortion is the vote by the EU parliament of a resolution equaling the Nazi and russian contributions to the start of WWII (Who invaded Europe in 1939?). Who would actually believe the disinformation that ventilators and N95 masks are actually imported from China, a country executing a disinformation campaign “systematic, well resourced” but fortunately a smaller scale than Russia, aligned just with those conducted by Iran and Nord Korea’s Rodong Sinmun; the author could as well mention it is a continuation of the wide distribution of the Little Red Book of yore, throughout the world. That campaign is at the heart of the disinformation efforts that the F.B.I. A top-secret CIA assessment has reportedly concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “probably directing” a disinformation campaign designed to damage Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 U.S. election.
A top-secret CIA assessment has reportedly concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “probably directing” a disinformation campaign … Russian president Vladimir Putin is “probably directing” a disinformation campaign against Joe Biden ahead of November’s election, according to a top-secret CIA assessment. And unlike other news outlets, we’ve decided to make our original content free. Furthermore, the public is encouraged to report potential election crimes, such as disinformation on the election process, to the FBI, or use the tools offered by social media companies to report posts that might be spreading false or inconsistent election-related information.
Click to donate by check. click here to become a subscriber. Russia’s Long-Term Campaign of Disinformation in Europe - Carnegie Europe - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Knowing the strategic goals of Russian foreign policy, the EU must prepare for Russian disinformation being a long-term tool for contesting the order in Europe. A solid 12 years of education should build the foundational knowledge about the last 13.772 billion years, as well as the intellectual curiosity for a life time of learning, as well as independent thinking and analysis. After studying the document, he presented his review to both the head of intelligence, Lt. Gen. Mehmet Daysal, and Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Güler and then to Chief of General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel as part of routine paperwork.
A top-secret CIA assessment has reportedly concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “probably directing” a disinformation campaign … He filed a defamation complaint with the prosecutor’s office, but the office declined to investigate.
Knowing the strategic goals of Russian foreign policy, the EU must prepare for Russian disinformation being a long-term tool for contesting the order in Europe. He underlined that the document was in the hands of the prosecutor and judge for 30 months and that no investigation was conducted as to the origin of the document.