Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The #Iran-built news networks include a site launched in Oct called “#NioThinker”, which focused on the #Israel-#Hamas #war before it started to publish articles on the coming #US #election. It takes a #liberal slant, calling #Trump an “opioid-pilled elephant in the MAGA china shop,” acc/to the report from Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center.

#MediaLiteracy#ForeignInfluenceCampaign#ElectionInterference#USpol

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Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
“They’ve laid the groundwork for #InfluenceCampaigns on trending #election-related topics & begun to activate these campaigns in an apparent effort to stir up controversy or sway voters — especially in swing states,” Clint Watts, the #ThreatCenter’s general manager, wrote in a blog accompanying the report. Since March, another #Iran-linked group has been posting in the guise of political & social activists & could escalate to #intimidation & #incitement, he warned.

#ElectionInterference#USpol