[Technology News\Election Disinformation]
“Social media has become part of our everyday lives, allowing us to connect with one another and share news, media, and information more easily and widely than ever before. Foreign adversaries are exploiting social media to seek political, economic, and military advantage over the United States and its allies.”
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HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE SENDS FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND LINKEDIN LETTERS REGARDING ELECTION MISINFORMATION THREATS
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS: AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS WERE KEY TARGETS OF RUSSIA’S ELECTION MEDDLING
[Voter Suppression\Russia]
Senate Intelligence Report on Russian meddling in 2016 Elections: “[N]o single group of Americans was targeted by IRA (Russia’s Internet Research Agency) information operatives more than African-Americans. By far, race and related issues were the preferred target of the information warfare campaign designed to divide the country in 2016.” (pg. 38)
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