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American extremists linked to Russian sites
Sara Fischer, author of Axios Media Trends
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/09/american-extremists-russian-sites-shootings
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American extremists are consistently turning up on loosely-governed Russian social media platforms.
Why it matters: While there's no evidence to suggest that the Russian government is explicitly trying to lure American extremists to its social sites, experts note that Moscow doesn't seem interested in doing anything to discourage them, either.
Be smart: "You couldn't imagine an easier way of allowing discord to grow within the U.S. and the Western world than suddenly letting people do it to themselves," said Neil F. Johnson, a physicist at George Washington University who focuses on data science to attack complex real-world problems.
* Russian leaders "certainly don't have a huge incentive to try to clamp down on it," said Jared Holt, a senior research manager at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
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