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Russia's election influence efforts are increasingly sophisticated, officials warn

pressherald.com — September 7, 2024, 08:01 PM UTC

Summary: U.S. intelligence officials report that Russia's covert efforts to influence the 2024 presidential election are more sophisticated than in previous cycles, utilizing "authentic" U.S. voices to spread propaganda. Moscow is targeting swing states and employing artificial intelligence to create fake content. Recent actions include indictments of Russian operatives and sanctions against entities involved in these influence campaigns, which aim to undermine U.S. support for Ukraine.

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  1. [3.0]
    Russia infiltrates U.S. conservative media through Tenet Media (japantimes.co.jp)
    10d 11h
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  2. [3.2]
    Russia exploits election law to pay U.S. influencers (businessinsider.com)
    10d 17h
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  3. [4.4]
    Disinformation complicates upcoming U.S. election amid AI challenges (cbsnews.com)
    11d 0h
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  4. [3.1]
    Iranian hackers target U.S. political campaigns with malware (foxnews.com)
    11d 0h
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  5. [5.3]
    Russia and Iran seek to influence upcoming elections (twincities.com)
    11d 4h

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  6. [5.1]
    Foreign influence operations targeting 2024 election identified, limited impact (nbcnews.com)
    11d 5h

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  7. [5.2]
    Foreign interference poses significant threat to 2024 U.S. election (heraldscotland.com)
    11d 8h

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  8. [2.4]
    Right-wing influencers allegedly aided Russian election propaganda (ndtv.com)
    11d 12h
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  9. [5.2]
    Trump dismisses warnings of Russian election interference (washingtonpost.com)
    11d 14h

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  10. [3.6]
    Trump dismisses warnings of Russian election interference again (firstpost.com)
    11d 14h
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  11. [3.9]
    Russian media indicted for paying U.S. firm for propaganda (latimes.com)
    11d 18h
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  12. [4.6]
    Russia backs Trump; Iran supports Harris in 2024 election (benzinga.com)
    11d 20h
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  13. [2.6]
    US Intel finds no foreign interference in 2024 elections (zerohedge.com)
    11d 23h
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  14. [4.2]
    US intensifies crackdown on Russian election interference (news18.com)
    12d 1h
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  15. [4.1]
    Russia intensifies election interference to aid Trump against Harris (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
    12d 7h
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  16. [2.8]
    Trump advisor charged for working with sanctioned Russian network (latimes.com)
    12d 12h
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  17. [2.4]
    U.S. influencers unknowingly funded by Russia for disinformation (forbes.com)
    12d 15h
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  18. [2.6]
    Canadian influencer linked to alleged Russian manipulation scheme (news.yahoo.com)
    12d 16h
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  19. [2.5]
    Russian media employees indicted for funding political propaganda (The Atlantic)
    12d 16h
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  20. [4.5]
    Iran's cyber operation against Trump campaign likely ongoing (nbcnews.com)
    12d 17h
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  21. [1.9]
    Russian media urges Putin to grant asylum to MAGA influencers (rawstory.com)
    12d 18h
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  22. [2.0]
    YouTube removes Kremlin-linked channels, including Tim Pool's (gizmodo.com)
    12d 21h
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  23. [4.3]
    Russia pays Americans to spread disinformation in elections (CTV News)
    12d 22h
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  24. [4.2]
    Russia, China, Iran seek to influence U.S. elections (gazette.com)
    12d 22h
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  25. [3.1]
    Right-wing influencers claim deception in alleged Russian plot (news.yahoo.com)
    12d 22h
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  26. [2.6]
    Russian psychological warfare plan to undermine Ukraine support revealed (Metro.co.uk)
    12d 23h
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  27. [2.5]
    Lauren Chen co-founded a Russia-funded media outlet (forbes.com)
    12d 23h
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  28. [3.0]
    Social media platforms ignore Russian influence campaign allegations (gazette.com)
    13d 0h
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  29. [2.8]
    YouTube removes channel linked to Russian-funded media outlet (forbes.com)
    13d 5h
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  30. [3.0]
    Quebec influencers allegedly involved in Russian disinformation campaign (The Globe and Mail)
    13d 9h
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  31. [3.9]
    Russia pays Americans to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation (thestar.com)
    13d 10h
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  32. [3.8]
    Russian propaganda targets U.S. elections through American company (usnews.com)
    13d 10h
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  33. [3.7]
    Russia uses American company for election disinformation campaign (abcnews.go.com)
    13d 10h
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  34. [3.9]
    US charges RT employees with laundering money for influencers (channel4.com)
    13d 20h
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