A Russian Influence Campaign Is Exploiting College Campus Protests (www.wired.com)

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[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

You know what would greatly help against this sort of disinformation? If established media outlets actually reported factually on the issue, instead of taking sides. While there is ample evidence in form of videos out of peaceful student encampments being attacked by pro zionist white supremacist mobs, CNN talks about zionist Jewish students feeling unsafe, and claiming there was violence form the peaceful protestors. Of course without any video to back it up and of course blatantly ignoring all the videos that everybody below 50 is seeing on social media.

The US mainstream media has been terribly biased, as was the british mainstream media. I think the only one who top this are the German media outlets, in particular the public ones, that are straight up denying realities since Oct. 7. What you see now of every peaceful anti-genocide protest being denounced as antisemitic? That has been going on here nonstop since Oct. 7 but also against all Palestine protests since a few years.

They aren't just losing the narrative because of social media being more attractive to younger people. They are losing it, because what people see and don't see is blatantly different to the lies they are telling.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Thank you, yes, exactly. The reason why right wing extremist/fascist talking points often sound convincing is because they usually have some kernel of truth, that they then twist to their agenda.

Western Media has failed spectacularly to report faithfully and objectively for decades. They have been sucking up to their economic and political overlords, shooting their own credibility in the foot. This has created a weakness that their opponents to the right are loving to exploit, be that US alt-facts/Maga Republicans, European neofascist "identitarians" or putinist ultranationalists.

[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 17 points 1 week ago

Called it.

Nation state/PsyOps loooove to sow additional chaos in times of breaking news w/ minimal details. Especially when they can push on buttons that are already of sore subject.

Ask questions. Find sources. Be fair and reasonable. Get out there and get involved with your community as well. Know who your neighbors are and what they’re about.

Above all else: do not let anyone bully you out of being objective and being educated/informed. Be brave. Be kind.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

As protests at universities across the country—and the responses to them by college authorities and law enforcement—continue to stoke division and anger, the Kremlin appears to have taken a page from its foreign influence playbook, using its disinformation infrastructure in collaboration with state-run media and Telegram influencers in an effort to further divide American society.

That's not how "taking a page" works. You can't "take a page" from your own book. The term refers to imitating what someone else has as their own practice.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/take_a_leaf_out_of_someone%27s_book#English

(idiomatic) To adopt an idea or practice of another person.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

The site looks identical to the real Washington Post website, except for the fact that it uses a small variation of the real URL

It should be possible to mitigate this sort of attack via some technical methods, like having something that visually indicates in a browser some metric of "prominence" that a given domain has.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

It’s almost like some in power don’t want a solution:

How Russian threats in the 2000s turned this country into the go-to expert on cyber defense

[-] HowRu68@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I see a bit of mass histeria, hive-like drone behaviour, and mass psy-ops all at once. So yes, It makes makes me wonder. maybe ..? idk.. something's up? ^^

"A Russian influence campaign seems to be attempting to sow division in the US around the college campus protests. As protests at universities across the country—and the responses to them by college authorities and law enforcement—continue to stoke division and anger, the Kremlin appears to have taken a page from its foreign influence playbook, using its disinformation infrastructure in collaboration with state-run media and Telegram influencers in an effort to further divide American society."

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

hive-like drone behaviour,

Ah yes, they are no longer humans, they are subhumans. Okay to put them in the ovens...

[-] HowRu68@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay to put them in the ovens...

Ehhhh. WHAT/Why/ Who? ?

A bit harsh isn't?. Aren't you Mod here?

Add: I'm refering to the effects of Russian Psyops, and how that leads up anger, discontent & division using false narratives and disinformation; in the US and all over the world. It is a conscious action to polarise and create cleavage amongst groups. These tactics are working, and that's a problem.

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

I'm not sure why me being a mod has anything to do with you dehumanizing large groups of people by pretending they are insects. You know what is done to insects, right?

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Give a nuke to Kyiv to do what they want with it and tell the Kremlin that there are thousands more where that came from.

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