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The United States on Wednesday announced a broad effort to push back on Russian influence campaigns in the 2024 election, trying to curb the Kremlin’s use of state-run media and fake news sites to sway American voters.

The actions include sanctions, indictments and seizing of web domains that U.S. officials say the Kremlin uses to spread propaganda and disinformation about Ukraine, which Russia invaded more than two years ago.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Wednesday announced actions by the Justice Department, including the indictment of two Russian employees of RT, the state-owned broadcaster, who used a company in Tennessee to spread content, and the takedown of a Russian malign influence campaign known as Doppelganger.

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 38 points 1 week ago

That's a nice idea, but about 10 years too late.

[-] rimu@piefed.social 17 points 1 week ago

Late, and feeble - they're blocking 32 domains.

They're blocking less than 1% of what piefed.social blocks.

[-] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah guess it’s better that they don’t do anything at all.

10 years is pretty quick for government. I live in DC.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Romney tried to warn us.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

Turn off Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube?

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

really just all social media

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago
[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

You heard the Lemming. Off.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yup. We got pro-Russian mods here on Lemmy as well.

Don't we... Davel?

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago

seizing of web domains that U.S. officials say the Kremlin uses to spread propaganda and disinformation

Maybe they could start with X/Twitter and Facebook.

[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

AIPAC has spent $100m influencing US elections this year to ensure their preferred candidates win and we are supposed to believe Russia is the threat?

[-] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago
[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

And only 1 is being addressed

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of good.

[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

No one's talking about perfect, We're only talking about a level playing field.

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Seriously? Your response to this is a whataboutism. And the topic is regarding Russian disinformation campaigns. Was the irony intended?

[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

It needs to be addressed because one is being blatantly ignored, and the one being ignored is the larger of the threats

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

The kleptocracy trying to get Trump elected (which means Palestine gets wiped out) is the less dangerous threat?

Yeah I'm good. Have fun reposting this same broken logic talking point I've seen multiple .ml accounts spewing today.

[-] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

If you haven't noticed, Palestine is currently getting wiped out. I never claimed that Trump was a lesser evil or lesser threat because lesser evil or lesser threat does not exist

[-] OutForARip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Less dangerous, are you fucking serious?

You're sacrificing Palestinians to genocide that you are largely responsible for it being able to happen at all, and your argument is 'Well it's a less dangerous threat to me'.

Have some empathy.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Pointing out a more blatant and damaging form of election influence is not whataboutism.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Good, I guess.

It would have been better to start a year ago,though

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

They did. They're just announcing some of what they've been doing now.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Can't wait for them to domain-seize Facebook and Xitter

[-] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago
[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

That's funny because NYT is pro trump disinformation source as well.

[-] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago
[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago
[-] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

So you’re concluding that NYT is maga now because you don’t agree with how they covered Israel/hamas?

Jesus Christ.

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Well that might be overstating it. But their constant attacks on Biden while staying silent on Trump is them not fighting fascism. Pretty standard for neoliberals. Maybe I shouldn't single them out since I hate all the billionaire owned newspapers. THEY are the reason for creating the fertile ground that Trump could use with their decades and decades of shit reporting and disinformation and bias. They are the reason we can't and won't do anything against climate change.

More for the NYT:

Anti-Trans NYT Article Gets It's Facts Horrendously Wrong

New York Times Publishes Shockingly Racist OpEd By Thomas Friedman

https://www.youtube.com/@TheMajorityReport/search?query=new%20york%20times

[-] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I’m a huge Biden guy. Love him. NYT throwing him into the fire was fucked up but it did give dems a better shot at the White House in 2025. Unintended fortune perhaps, but Biden was losing it until he dropped out.

I sub to WaPo and NYT. Most of their stuff is fine but everyone once in a while you’ll get a jaw dropper. Hell, even CNN was coddling to Trump not long ago.

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[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Fuck it, nuke the Kremlin. Do it on putlers bday so his barely-human spawn turns to ash, too.

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