Operation Doppelganger

[bubblegum]

From Heather Cox Richardson, a political historian who uses facts and history to put the news in context:

 

"One of the things that came to light on Wednesday, in the paperwork the Justice Department unveiled to explain its seizure of 32 internet domains being used by Russian agents in foreign malign influence campaigns, was that the six right-wing U.S. influencers mentioned in the indictments of the Russian operatives are only the tip of the iceberg.

 

Since at least 2022, three Russian companies working with the Kremlin have been trying to change foreign politics in a campaign they called “Doppelganger,” covertly spreading Russian government propaganda. “[F]irst and foremost,” notes from a meeting with Russian officials about targeting Germany read, “we need to discredit the USA, Great Britain, and NATO.” Through fake social media profiles, their operatives posed as Americans or other non-Russians, seeding public conversations with Russian propaganda. [emphasis added]

 

In August 2023 they launched the “Good Old USA Project” to target swing-state residents, online gamers, American Jews, and “US citizens of Hispanic descent” to reelect Donald Trump. "They are afraid of losing the American way of life and the ‘American dream,’” one of the propagandists wrote. “It is these sentiments that should be exploited in the course of an information campaign in/for the United States.” Using targeted ads on Facebook, they could see how their material was landing and use bots and trolls to push their narrative in comment sections."

 

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https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/posts/pfbid02brgU3o2wFt4emNZvQWdtUUsfoM9CC9Nb6BvfYdvqw9yzKHfqZm67FrxwLhL9eEdQl

 

Sound familiar to you?

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, bubblegum said:

Using targeted ads on Facebook, they could see how their material was landing and use bots and trolls to push their narrative in comment sections."

IMO anyone using that company deserve what they get. I will never ever go on it, as IMO it's a cesspool of bullying and misinformation.