TheBigShort
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The Russians are at it again, apparently.
The US is imposing fresh sanctions against Russia in connection with 'aggressive cyber attacks'.
Russia denies any involvement and claims Microsoft reports, upon which the sanctions are based on, ring hollow.
The NY Times has plenty of reporting on Russian meddling
Two conservative think-tanks came under attack from the hackers, including the International Republican Institute (IRI).
The IRI qualifies itself as organisation that 'brings people together', 'links political parties' and 'makes elections count' amongst other things, and apparently operates across continents (a tad ironic I would have thought?).
It has also embarked on, since April 2016 what it calls the 'Beacon Project'.
A program aimed at countering the increasing Russian threat of propaganda and 'soft power'.
The Beacon Project is quite explicit.
"Although terrorism and the migrant crisis
have, until recently, attracted most of the
headlines, in Europe today one of the most
serious threats to the democratic order
comes from Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin. Across
the continent, Russia is in the process of
expanding its military and political options
by polarizing attitudes among the public in
target states. It spreads false information
regarding United States and European
Union (EU) policies and intentions in order
to corrode trust in democratic institutions
and support for closer ties with the Euro-Atlantic community".
"Moscow’s propaganda takes at least five common forms, including:
No shrinking violet when it comes to interference in the political affairs of foreign nations, the US is surely the biggest gatherer of information with its vastly resourced intelligence agencies and its vast military expanded across the globe in some 80 countries.
Its not so much that Russia is engaged in cyber attacks or disinformation that is odd, but rather that the vast US security apparatus is apparently unable to cope with it.
To such an extent that it is claimed that the Russians have 'meddled' in the US election, are apparently targeting the mid-terms, and if we are to believe the Beacon Project above, is behind the Front National in France.
It is also behind anti-EU political leaders and organizations (whoever could they be talking about, I wonder?)
The evidence for all this is scant in my opinion.
The prominent feature of Russian interference in elections is apparently Facebook ads!
Apparently there are lots of Facebook Ads supporting the views of Donald Trump, some of which obviously came from Trump campaign and are legitimate.
But others came from Russian sources, apparently.
So the entire US security apparatus, despite apparently being aware of increased Russian interference since before April 2016, has been trumped (sorry!) by a series of FB ads!
And this is leading to political upheaval across America and even Europe?
I dont know about anyone else but the Emperor New Clothes springs to mind.
http://www.iri.org/search/node/Beacon
The US is imposing fresh sanctions against Russia in connection with 'aggressive cyber attacks'.
Russia denies any involvement and claims Microsoft reports, upon which the sanctions are based on, ring hollow.
The NY Times has plenty of reporting on Russian meddling
Two conservative think-tanks came under attack from the hackers, including the International Republican Institute (IRI).
The IRI qualifies itself as organisation that 'brings people together', 'links political parties' and 'makes elections count' amongst other things, and apparently operates across continents (a tad ironic I would have thought?).
It has also embarked on, since April 2016 what it calls the 'Beacon Project'.
A program aimed at countering the increasing Russian threat of propaganda and 'soft power'.
The Beacon Project is quite explicit.
"Although terrorism and the migrant crisis
have, until recently, attracted most of the
headlines, in Europe today one of the most
serious threats to the democratic order
comes from Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin. Across
the continent, Russia is in the process of
expanding its military and political options
by polarizing attitudes among the public in
target states. It spreads false information
regarding United States and European
Union (EU) policies and intentions in order
to corrode trust in democratic institutions
and support for closer ties with the Euro-Atlantic community".
"Moscow’s propaganda takes at least five common forms, including:
- Support for far right political parties, like the Front National in France
- Support for anti-NATO and anti-EU political leaders and organizations
- Manufacturing false incidents to “weaponized” migration
- Exporting kleptocratic economic models
- Propping up dubious democracy and election monitoring groups
No shrinking violet when it comes to interference in the political affairs of foreign nations, the US is surely the biggest gatherer of information with its vastly resourced intelligence agencies and its vast military expanded across the globe in some 80 countries.
Its not so much that Russia is engaged in cyber attacks or disinformation that is odd, but rather that the vast US security apparatus is apparently unable to cope with it.
To such an extent that it is claimed that the Russians have 'meddled' in the US election, are apparently targeting the mid-terms, and if we are to believe the Beacon Project above, is behind the Front National in France.
It is also behind anti-EU political leaders and organizations (whoever could they be talking about, I wonder?)
The evidence for all this is scant in my opinion.
The prominent feature of Russian interference in elections is apparently Facebook ads!
Apparently there are lots of Facebook Ads supporting the views of Donald Trump, some of which obviously came from Trump campaign and are legitimate.
But others came from Russian sources, apparently.
So the entire US security apparatus, despite apparently being aware of increased Russian interference since before April 2016, has been trumped (sorry!) by a series of FB ads!
And this is leading to political upheaval across America and even Europe?
I dont know about anyone else but the Emperor New Clothes springs to mind.
http://www.iri.org/search/node/Beacon
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