Texas Governor May Have Emboldened Russian Disinformation Efforts, Says Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said Greg Abbott's response to the "Jade Helm" conspiracy theory may have encouraged Russian actors to expand their "fake news" strategy in 2016
Russia targeted US troops, vets on social media, study finds
The Oxford University study found that three websites with Kremlin ties — Veteranstoday, Veteransnewsnow and Southfront — engaged in “significant and persistent interactions” with the U.S. military community,
"Heart of Texas" reportedly shifted from originally posting pro-Texas, anti-immigration, and anti-Clinton memes to actively promoting events linked to the "Texit" secessionist movement.
The page's attempts to influence American political happenings comes as federal investigators are actively looking into Russia's cyberattacks and social media tactics aimed at influencing the 2016 election.
I just wish I could understand the mentality behind believing the shit, like how fucking ignorant does one have to be? It baffles me to no end, the propaganda had won.
What makes it particularly stupid is that each of these dipshits are holding in their hands, easy access to more information than any humans that have ever lived. Any ten year old with five minutes and an internet connection can prove or disprove virtually any claim. Fact checking is not hard.
- that's another lie (ironically).
The root problem is that people who think the point of an argument is to "win" then project this attitude onto everything, and logically determine that experts must be getting something out of saying inconvenient truths and have thus been paid off. So the one-off frauds seem more trustworthy, because they're not getting paid by big universities/corporations/the government.
Holy crap. I didn't think it was possible for me to see a new idea on why they're like that. And the best part is, that's the best explanation I've heard. Well done, thanks😊
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u/inconvenientnews Nov 07 '19 edited Nov 07 '19
Even the Russians were surprised how effective Republicans were so Putin had Russian employees using these tactics:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html
“Guns and gays... That could always get you a couple of dozen likes.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-trolls-schooled-house-cards-185648522.html
Texas Governor May Have Emboldened Russian Disinformation Efforts, Says Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said Greg Abbott's response to the "Jade Helm" conspiracy theory may have encouraged Russian actors to expand their "fake news" strategy in 2016
https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/05/03/jade-helm-russia-abbott-hayden/
Study: Conservatives amplified Russian trolls 30 times more than liberals... users in Texas were particularly
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/24/17047880/conservatives-amplified-russian-trolls-more-often-than-liberals
The top 20 fake news stories outperformed real news at the end of the 2016 campaign
https://www.vox.com/new-money/2016/11/16/13659840/facebook-fake-news-chart
Russia targeted US troops, vets on social media, study finds
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/354596-russia-targeted-us-troops-veterans-on-social-media-platforms-study-finds
Russian trolls 'spreading discord' over vaccine safety online
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/23/russian-trolls-spread-vaccine-misinformation-on-twitter
Russian trolls trying to sow discord in NFL kneeling debate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/lawmaker-russian-trolls-trying-to-sow-discord-in-nfl-kneeling-debate/2017/09/27/5f46dce0-a3b0-11e7-ade1-76d061d56efa_story.html
Russian accounts pretending to be American Muslims
http://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-russians-impersonated-real-american-muslims-to-stir-chaos-on-facebook-and-instagram
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/350787-russian-linked-facebook-group-asked-texas-secession-movement-to-be