Russian Troll Farm Cooked Up Viral Harris Hit-and-Run Lie
Russian Troll Farm Cooked Up Viral Harris Hit-and-Run Lie
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Win McNamee/Getty ImagesA “Kremlin-aligned troll farm” racked up millions of views for a fake TV news video featuring a paid actor who falsely claimed Kamala Harris was involved in a hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011, according to new research by Microsoft.The tech giant said in a report released Tuesday that the video, made by a group it dubbed Storm-1516, suggests Russian election interference efforts in the 2024 election have pivoted to target the Harris-Walz campaign after initially stumbling when President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July.“Russian influence operations initially struggled to pivot operations aimed at the Democratic campaign following President Biden’s departure from the U.S. 2024 presidential race,” Microsoft said in a blog post. “In late August, however, elements of prolific Russian actor Storm-1516 began producing content implicating vice-president Harris and Governor Walz in outlandish fake conspiracy theories.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Win McNamee/Getty ImagesA “Kremlin-aligned troll farm” racked up millions of views for a fake TV news video featuring a paid actor who falsely claimed Kamala Harris was involved in a hit-and-run in San Francisco in 2011, according to new research by Microsoft.The tech giant said in a report released Tuesday that the video, made by a group it dubbed Storm-1516, suggests Russian election interference efforts in the 2024 election have pivoted to target the Harris-Walz campaign after initially stumbling when President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July.“Russian influence operations initially struggled to pivot operations aimed at the Democratic campaign following President Biden’s departure from the U.S. 2024 presidential race,” Microsoft said in a blog post. “In late August, however, elements of prolific Russian actor Storm-1516 began producing content implicating vice-president Harris and Governor Walz in outlandish fake conspiracy theories.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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