Information warfare expert says the U.S. is finally countering Russia at its own game

[Uncle Joe]

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"We wanted to show people, not just regular citizens, but governments, that Russian television, it's not about informing people. It's about using media as a powerful tool to influence people," Deynychenko told CBS News.

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"We know that other players, they try to use the same technique. But, very often, the disinformation and these hybrid operations, they are not so open, and you cannot see them. It might be people chatting in the Telegram or WhatsApp groups, and they are not public, but someone can work with them, someone in these groups can persuade them to hate each other, to hate because of a different race, different language they use, different color of skin or different religion or whatever — and to persuade them to kill each other," he told CBS News.

"One day, you can wake up in the morning and look through a window and see how people with machine guns are killing each other."

He said it was important for individuals, countries and companies to invest in real journalism and media literacy to counter the threat of disinformation campaigns, and he urged people to be wary of falling into traps set online by those seeking to foment division.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-information-warfare-disinformation-stopfake/

[WA-03 Democrat]

1. We have been under attack

And at war with Russia since 2015.

Thank you President Biden for going on offense rather than letting Russians into the Oval Office.

[PortTack]

2. Good! Now we need to counter the nut bags on fux spewing lies about Dems and the Biden Adm

[BootinUp]

3. Good stuff