Nonilex#InfluenceOperation Relied on #Influencers, #AI-Generated #Content, Paid #SocialMedia #Ads, & Social Media Accounts to Drive #Internet Traffic to #Cybersquatted & Other #Domains
The #DOJ announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in #Russia govt-directed foreign malign influence campaigns colloquially referred to as “#Doppelganger,” in violation of US #MoneyLaundering & #criminal #trademark laws.
#Propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #MediaLiteracy
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence
Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere
The Justice Department today announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaigns colloquially referred to as “Doppelganger,” in violation of U.S. money laundering and criminal trademark laws. As alleged in an unsealed affidavit, the Russian companies Social Design Agency (SDA), Structura National Technology