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Russian "information war" campaign on the US, trying to convince voters that disabled people have too many privilidges
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
The full document entitled “Guerilla media campaign on the United States” seized by the FBI from Russian government sources, is available here: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/exhibits_9a_and_9b.pdf
If you’ve been noticing more and more ableist content online like I have, this could explain it.
We've known certain personalities have been russian shills for a while. What's new is that we now know they're PAID russian shills.
Though, if Tim pool is to be believed, they didn't influence his content at all. That means he would suck putin's cock for free which is worse.
True. I guess it's a bit heartening to have concrete and widely known proof that the huge uptick in shitty attitudes toward certain groups has not been completely organic? Some people might think a bit more critically, maybe, with luck? These people are doing a bit for likes and money, they should be way more embarrassed than they are.