1/31 Meet project "Good Old USA" the now unsealed DoJ file on the Russian influence in the US to sway opinion on the war in Ukraine. Something Trump has bought into hook-line and sinker. It was held under seal, because we got the literal playbook revealing their methods
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You use 2 examples - Ukraine and Gaza - but there's more of that as I'm sure you're aware. It is pervasive all around our politics and elections. It's why I'm so sure of the number of Russian agents in our politics today who knowingly are spreading these talking points.
They had absolutely ample time to prepare for what they are doing now... The democrats and the rest of the American public have been absolutely caught off gaurd.. America needs to realise that their executive branch has been compromised by the GRU.. Russian CyberCrime forums have been boasting.
How long ago was this reIeased? I can’t find the whole thing online. Also is this a Russian written document, translated to English, or is this a document written by the DOJ about their findings.
Sept of last year www.wired.com/story/projec... it's important to draw attention to this stuff, but the framing by this account is misleading
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
@maddow.msnbc.com have you seen this???
Do you have this available in a single pdf we can share? This is incredible work and needs more exposure.
www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
Thank you. What I loved about the post was the highlighting and supporting data set up in the other 3 individual post with comments made it so easy to pick out the relative information in small bites that might be helpful to counter MAGA talking points.
yes of course. The full text may be overwhelming, it's good when someone competent and trustworthy points to the highlights.
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Danke!! Heftig.
Thank you
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I follow you on X, as one of only 3 accounts. You should post here much more often. In this world of crazy people, you are one of the few normal ones.
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I understand it would be surprising the first time. Maybe second, that they did it again and it worked. What I really find surprising now, is that anyone is surprised by this, when it was used tens of times all over the world.
This sounds like the Russians picked up where they left off in 2016 election… …is there an explanation as to why this didn’t work in 2020? Did the Russians lose interest, or was it because supporting the incumbent would make it obvious there was interference?
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Is there a link to this unsealed document?
Now I need @carlomasala1.bsky.social @drfranksauer.bsky.social ... or ...(?) for a classification. Please take a look!
@mackayim.bsky.social have you seen this?
No. But had assumed it all.
This is so incredibly frightening and spot on. Anytime on SM with inflammatory posts you can see happening. And it started earlier than this. The slow growth of bots or fake accounts answering in replies.
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I wish I had more followers to share this with. Great job.
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2/31 The campaign, done with the direct oversight of President Putin, spent years creating fake versions of US news sites, sharing fake stories on social media, and being social media reply-guys with isolationist, anti-Ukraine, and anti-West commentary.
3/31 Fake versions of news sites like Fox News were used to spread stories on Facebook and Twitter as "fact" while a network of commentators were encouraged to tell you that "the official media will never tell you what's happening" or to "dig deeper"
Look at the title of the article. Its EXACTLY the words that Elon Musk used in Cabinet meetings and in interviews. I mean that’s nuts
4/31 To spread their narratives, Russia created thousands of seemingly US accounts but also created and *bought* popular news accounts on Facebook and Twitter that focused on sharing "breaking news" sharing mostly legit news spreading propaganda among results.
5/31 On these fake sites they wrote extensive thought pieces, pointing to a "weak US", "domestic immigration problems" and an "unwinnable war in Ukraine" They were tasked with spreading the idea of isolationism in the US versus global policy.
6/31 They were directed to write comments, pretending to be American, denouncing the current party in power and the President (Biden), claiming the economy is deteriorating, being nostalgic for the good old day, and blaming "globalism" and "neoliberalism"
7/31 You've probably seen their kind of comments "We should solve our own problems and let others solve theirs" "Read this to see why" They were to pose as small town American's that felt the US has "gone too far" and
8/31 "That they did not see Russia as an enemy" they weren't do denounce things outright, but instead talk about it in the sense of priorities. "We're losing our place as a global leader" its "more important to focus on domestic issues" Simply make it "reasonable"
9/31 In seizing one of the servers, we got the entire operations playbook, directions and analytics systems. Including their social media strategy and directed comments asking "Why do WE need to help Ukraine?!" Their goal was to question. Not answer.
10/31 They aimed to provoke US<>Mexico sentiment, and divide Israel<>Palestine sentiment in the US, rightly believing American's could be distracted to focus on these as "comparative issues"
11/31 At the same time they were to make the Ukrainian case seem "hopeless" backed by their fake articles. They wanted you to believe that Ukraine was obviously losing, that it was a "meat grinder" that Russia was just holding back, and that nothing could change the tide.
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