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Taxman2906 on
Randomly choose a number of Russian “diplomats” and escort them to the gate for their one-way trip home. Whatever possessions they have in the US gets sold or donated to Goodwill.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/presidential-election/article291884285.html) reduced by 76%. (I’m a bot)
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> WASHINGTON. Russian actors created a fake San Francisco news station that published a staged video this month in an attempt to generate a scandal about Vice President Kamala Harris – the latest example of Moscow's attempt to denigrate the Democratic presidential nominee in her campaign against former President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence officials said on Monday.
> A website posing as a nonexistent San Francisco news outlet, called KBSF-TV, published a story on Sept. 2 claiming Harris was involved in a hit-and-run in the city while serving as California's attorney general in 2011.
> Actors such as the Russians are deploying AI-generated content by "Laundering material through prominent figures, using inauthentic social media accounts, creating websites pretending to be legitimate news outlets, or releasing supposed leaks of AI-generated content that appear sensitive or controversial," the official added.
Who was the woman in the video? AI or a paid actor? Surely if this woman exists and has been paid by a foreign government to make false accusations there are legal repercussions?
forrestpen on
Russians are scared of a blue wave because they know increased war support for Ukraine will ensure their defeat on the battlefield sooner rather than later.
inmatenumberseven on
Tell Mueller to rest up.
Cautious_Talk_1991 on
It’s stories like this, that make me feel great about my taxpayer money funding Ukraine. The best money we’ve spent in years. I truly hope they find the building with the Russian trolls and fly a drone into it.Â
JonBoy82 on
Shocking, I thought Putin endorsed Harris..
erbrr on
Harris endorser putin fuming rn
redditor note: im pointing out the irony of “endorsing” harris while simultaneously creating a fake news station with the goal of spreading a deepfake hit piece about her, implying said endorsement wasn’t made in good faith
-Lets-Get-Weird- on
More like KGBSF, amirite?Â
Doc_Sulliday on
Can we stop pretending like we aren’t directly in a cold war with Russia again? At this point it’s getting worse than the 80s.
Serialfornicator on
Glad they’re on top of this shit this time
RustyNK on
Sounds like we aren’t funding Ukraine enough. Putin needs to get taken out and Russia completely neutered
Squirrel_Inner on
How is this not an act of war?
MarzipanFit2345 on
Yet again another Icelandic domain name registrar that helped the Russians give them veiled legitimacy.
WikiLeaks was utilizing a registrar from Iceland as well back in the day.Â
I think it’s time to hold them accountable as well.Â
inthekeyofc on
Vote Trump, get Putin.
deekfu on
This is a national security issue and should be treated as such.
doodgeeds on
Putin’s mad he’s losing. I say we follow Poland’s suggestion and up funding for Ukraine. Putin is too stubborn to admit defeat until his government gets toppled one way or another
TenFootTomatoes on
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I_who_have_no_need on
>A website posing as a nonexistent San Francisco news outlet, called KBSF-TV, published a story on Sept. 2 claiming Harris was involved in a hit-and-run in the city while serving as California’s attorney general in 2011. The story included a video in which a woman alleged that Harris was involved in the incident, leaving her paralyzed. The story was entirely fictitious, as was the website, registered in Iceland and created just a few weeks prior to the story’s publication. But the fabrication nonetheless spread quickly across right-wing social media.
This is how Russian disinfo works. Create a neutral looking news site. Manufacture a fake story for their fake news site.
Now swamp the intended target, in this case Harris, with attacks from social media accounts hyping up their fake story on their fake site. Lawmakers and law enforcement has been far too slow to understand the new influence operations.
RoseReznor9 on
Oh here we fucking go. Everyone is hacking everyone else! Stay calm and don’t vote cause everyone will say they won the election. ðŸ«
Adventurous-Self-528 on
Trump and Putin sitting in a tree…..
frenchfry56 on
Wow I wake up the morning after electionthis sain fr gained office in going to do a lot of crying and figure out $$ to get a new lic n visit Canada for 4 years.
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Randomly choose a number of Russian “diplomats” and escort them to the gate for their one-way trip home. Whatever possessions they have in the US gets sold or donated to Goodwill.
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Man, Russians are so dumb
No real scandal, ergo fake some.
I called it a few weeks ago.
https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1f9bee4/doj_bombshell_alleges_maga_media_group_is_backed/lll4r7f/
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/election/presidential-election/article291884285.html) reduced by 76%. (I’m a bot)
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> WASHINGTON. Russian actors created a fake San Francisco news station that published a staged video this month in an attempt to generate a scandal about Vice President Kamala Harris – the latest example of Moscow's attempt to denigrate the Democratic presidential nominee in her campaign against former President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence officials said on Monday.
> A website posing as a nonexistent San Francisco news outlet, called KBSF-TV, published a story on Sept. 2 claiming Harris was involved in a hit-and-run in the city while serving as California's attorney general in 2011.
> Actors such as the Russians are deploying AI-generated content by "Laundering material through prominent figures, using inauthentic social media accounts, creating websites pretending to be legitimate news outlets, or releasing supposed leaks of AI-generated content that appear sensitive or controversial," the official added.
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Who was the woman in the video? AI or a paid actor? Surely if this woman exists and has been paid by a foreign government to make false accusations there are legal repercussions?
Russians are scared of a blue wave because they know increased war support for Ukraine will ensure their defeat on the battlefield sooner rather than later.
Tell Mueller to rest up.
It’s stories like this, that make me feel great about my taxpayer money funding Ukraine. The best money we’ve spent in years. I truly hope they find the building with the Russian trolls and fly a drone into it.Â
Shocking, I thought Putin endorsed Harris..
Harris endorser putin fuming rn
redditor note: im pointing out the irony of “endorsing” harris while simultaneously creating a fake news station with the goal of spreading a deepfake hit piece about her, implying said endorsement wasn’t made in good faith
More like KGBSF, amirite?Â
Can we stop pretending like we aren’t directly in a cold war with Russia again? At this point it’s getting worse than the 80s.
Glad they’re on top of this shit this time
Sounds like we aren’t funding Ukraine enough. Putin needs to get taken out and Russia completely neutered
How is this not an act of war?
Yet again another Icelandic domain name registrar that helped the Russians give them veiled legitimacy.
WikiLeaks was utilizing a registrar from Iceland as well back in the day.Â
I think it’s time to hold them accountable as well.Â
Vote Trump, get Putin.
This is a national security issue and should be treated as such.
Putin’s mad he’s losing. I say we follow Poland’s suggestion and up funding for Ukraine. Putin is too stubborn to admit defeat until his government gets toppled one way or another
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>A website posing as a nonexistent San Francisco news outlet, called KBSF-TV, published a story on Sept. 2 claiming Harris was involved in a hit-and-run in the city while serving as California’s attorney general in 2011. The story included a video in which a woman alleged that Harris was involved in the incident, leaving her paralyzed. The story was entirely fictitious, as was the website, registered in Iceland and created just a few weeks prior to the story’s publication. But the fabrication nonetheless spread quickly across right-wing social media.
This is how Russian disinfo works. Create a neutral looking news site. Manufacture a fake story for their fake news site.
Now swamp the intended target, in this case Harris, with attacks from social media accounts hyping up their fake story on their fake site. Lawmakers and law enforcement has been far too slow to understand the new influence operations.
Oh here we fucking go. Everyone is hacking everyone else! Stay calm and don’t vote cause everyone will say they won the election. ðŸ«
Trump and Putin sitting in a tree…..
Wow I wake up the morning after electionthis sain fr gained office in going to do a lot of crying and figure out $$ to get a new lic n visit Canada for 4 years.