White House (DOJ) seizes 32 domains, issues criminal charges in massive election-meddling crackdown

[usonian]

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https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/05/biden_cracks_down_on_putins/
Russia has seemingly decided who it wants Putin the Oval Office
No kidding!

The Biden administration on Wednesday seized 32 websites and charged two employees of a state-owned media outlet connected to a $10 million scheme to distribute pro-Kremlin propaganda, and claimed the actions were necessary to counter Russia’s attempts to influence the upcoming US presidential election.

"The Department's seizure of 32 internet domains secretly deployed to spread foreign malign influence demonstrates once again that Russia remains a predominant foreign threat to our elections," deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco declared in a statement. "At Putin's direction, Russian companies SDA, Structura, and ANO Dialog used cybersquatting, fabricated influencers, and fake profiles to covertly promote AI-generated false narratives on social media."

This is all part of the ongoing Doppelgänger operation – a Russian-government-backed influence campaign that has been active since at least 2017. It uses a network of "thousands" of phony social media accounts, fake-news websites and deepfakes to influence American voters and spread pro-Moscow messaging.

It's called Doppelgänger because it uses typosquatted domains – sites with names that are close to legitimate ones - such as washingtonpost.pm rather than the real washingtonpost.com – to trick viewers into believing they are reading and watching content produced by reputable news orgs. But as screenshots

Lots of links at the URL above.

See also, details of the front company and Russian agent indictments.
These two articles complement each other.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219419277

[marybourg]

1. I think it was the Department of Justice,

rather than the White House that conducted that operation.

[usonian]

2. I quoted The Register.

They are quirky with their headlines. Agree.

[SoFlaBro]

3. Good about time they fucking squash this Putin puddle of propaganda piss.

[Klarkashton]

4. A whole list of right wing influencers including

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That little asshole tim pool are wrapped up in this.
They made millions off of this propaganda machine.

[Blue_Roses]

5. I've been worried about this

since they hacked rhe election the year Trump won. I knew on election night when states that were known to be blue turned red and within the number that didn't allow a recount. Then we found out it was true.

This cannot happen again! Russia will try and I hope the US is on it !

[Blue Owl]

6. Yeah! Suck it tRump you cheating fuck....