[thread] foreign electoral intervention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_electoral_intervention
* attempts by governments, covertly or overtly, to influence elections in another country
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #China #Russia #influencers #SocialMedia #Xcorp #Twitter #YouTube #misinformation #disinformation #TenetMedia #RT #ForeignAgent #PoliticalCorruption
Russian operatives hire U.S. influencers to create viral videos
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-s1-5100829/russia-election-influencers-youtube
* Russia using right-wing U.S. influencers to spread Kremlin propaganda re: 2024 presidential election
* Tenet Media, Nashville TN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenet_Media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)
Russia's sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/04/nx-s1-5100329/us-russia-election-interference-bots-2024
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #TenetMedia #Russia #influencers #SocialMedia #disinformation #RT
Right-Wing Influencers Duped By Russian Election Interference Scheme
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/right-wing-influencers-allegedly-duped-by-russian-election-interference-scheme
Is This Right-Wing Media Platform the Product of $10M Russian Plot?
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/is-this-right-wing-media-platform-the-product-of-a-10-million-russian-plot
* company in DoJ indictment matches Tenet Media, TN firm created 2022-Jan
* Tenet Media worked hosted right-wing media personalities: Benny Johnson; Tim Pool; Lauren Southern; Dave Rubin
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #TenetMedia #Russia #influencers #SocialMedia #disinformation #RT
Far-Right Media Outlet Linked to Russian Influence Campaign Prod. 50+ Videos Focused on Canada
https://pressprogress.ca/far-right-media-outlet-linked-to-secret-russian-influence-campaign-produced-50-videos-focused-on-canada
* Canadian videos by Tenet Media viewed 500,000x
* Russian owned media outlet RT
* Tenet Media founded by Canadian rt-wing soc. media influencer Lauren Chen, husband Liam Donovon
* RT gave $10M to Chen, Donovon thru Tenet Media & sep. Canadian company they control: Roaming Millennial Inc.
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #TenetMedia #Russia #influencers #disinformation #RT
Meet the Right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating w. alleged Russian propaganda scheme
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-influence-election-tenet-media-chen-southern-1.7314976
* Tenet Media, founded 2023 by Canadian influencers/vocal far-right pundits Lauren Chen, husband Liam Donovan
* hired Chen's longtime friend/collaborator Lauren Southern, Cdn far-right influencer massive social media
* Chen allegedly paid by pro-Moscow outlet RT
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #TenetMedia #Russia #influencers #disinformation #RT #LaurenSouthern
The social media accounts of two Canada’s most vocal far-right pundits have fallen unusually silent after U.S. officials accused them of being collaborators of a covert Russian propaganda campaign.
Canadian tied to alleged Russian influencer op received thousands in fees: U.S.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadian-tied-to-alleged-russian-influencer-op-received-thousands-in-fees-u-s-1.7028431
* founders of company connected to Canada received $760,000 USD fees/commissions
* Russian ploy to dupe right-wing influencers to share videos to further Kremlin’s interests, sow division among Americans
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #TenetMedia #Russia #influencers #disinformation #RT
YouTube says the channels of a far-right Canadian influencer have been removed after U.S. officials alleged the company she co-founded received US$760,000 in fees and commissions as part of an alleged Russian ploy to dupe right-wing influencers into sowing division among Americans.
Russian Disinformation/Right-Wing Influencers
BC Conservative exec Angelo Isidorou; Lauren Southern
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/09/09/Russian-Disinformation-Right-Wing-Influencer-BC-Conservative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Southern
* Cdn alt-right political activist/propagandist/commentator/transphobe/wh. nat.
* Great Replacement/white genocide consp. theor.
* Isidorou prod. billionaire-backed Vancouver is Dying homelessness/addiction-demonizing copaganda film
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111076163519439961
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113108268553465042
#disinformation #LaurenSouthern #AngeloIsidorou #FarRight #antiLGBT
How Foreign Intervention Failed Mali
Rival geopolitical actors have only made the country more dangerous
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/10/mali-russia-ukraine-jihad-wagner-africa-corps
Mali: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali#Politics_and_government
* until military coup of 2012-Mar-22 Mali was a constitutional democracy
Canada’s Foreign Interference Inquiry Asked to Examine Far-Right Media Outlet Funded by Russia
Far-right influencer under contract w. Russian entity Hosted People’s Party of Canada election event
https://pressprogress.ca/canadas-foreign-interference-inquiry-asked-to-examine-far-right-media-outlet-allegedly-funded-by-russia
* evidence in U.S. DoJ indictment alleging far-right media outlet run by Canadian YouTuber received $10 million f. Russia to interfere in 2024 US Presidential vote
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #TenetMedia #Russia #influencers #disinformation #RT #PeoplesPartyOfCanada
Right-Wing Indian influencer Calls on Modi gov. to Wage Information Warfare Against Canada to Help Pierre Poilievre
https://pressprogress.ca/right-wing-indian-media-personality-calls-on-modi-government-to-wage-information-warfare-against-canada-to-help-pierre-poilievre
* Gaurav Arya, retired Indian army major turned right-wing media personality
* calls for $100 million war chest to interfere in Canada’s federal election
* advocating India provide financial/political support to think tanks/right-wing parties in Canada
* Macdonald-Laurier Institute
#Canada #ElectoralIntervention #India #Poilievre #MacdonaldLaurierInstitute
Russian disinformation site featuring anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus at public inquiry
Propaganda aimed at Canadians
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-disinformation-1.7323128
* Russian disinformation operation/website
* produced articles about Canadian politics
* attempt to undermine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; boost chief rival Pierre Poilievre
#Canada #NationalPolitics #Trudeau #Poilievre #democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #Russia #SocialMedia #misinformation #disinformation
The website Reliable Recent News has been identified by officials in Europe and the U.S. as a repository for pro-Kremlin articles that are distributed through a network of affiliated sites disguised to appear as legitimate news outlets.
U.S. hits Russian state media with new sanctions
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/g-s1-23036/us-russian-state-media-sanctions
* U.S. State Dept. announced sanctions on Russian state media
* accused Kremlin news outlet RT of working hand-in-hand w. the Russian military
* fundraising for sniper rifles/body armor, other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine
RT: "Russia Today"
#USA #Ukraine #NationalPolitics #democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #Russia #RT #FakeNews #SocialMedia #misinformation #disinformation #Putin #WarCriminals
Venezuela dismantles CIA-backed coup plot; arrests active-duty U.S. Navy Seal
Coup plot 1.5 mo after President Nicolás Maduro reelected, wh. U.S. refuses to recognize
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113142628875433075
#Venezuela USA #CIA #Spain #FarRight #neocolonialism #disinformation #USnavy #NavySeals #democracy #ElectoralFraud
Meta bans Russian propaganda outlets on Facebook over alleged 2024 election influence campaign
RT/other related entities globally banned from Meta apps for foreign interference activity
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/17/meta-bans-russian-propaganda-outlets-on-facebook-over-alleged-2024-influence-campaign
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #China #Russia #influencers #SocialMedia #Xcorp #Twitter #YouTube #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #misinformation #disinformation #TenetMedia #RT
China tried to drive voters away from Conservative candidate, inquiry hears
Investigators concluded Beijing's influence attempt didn't break elections law
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-interference-china-conservative-1.7324310
* investigators for Commissioner of Canada Elections concluded that Chinese gov. tried to get Chinese Canadian voters to vote against Conservative Party (CPC) and then-Conservative MP Kenny Chiu in the 2021 election
https://foreigninterferencecommission.ca/reports
#Canada #democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #China
Russia behind viral video that falsely claimed Kamala Harris was involved in hit-and-run
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/18/was-behind-a-viral-video-that-falsely-claimed-kamala-harris-was-involved-in-a-hit-and-run
* Russian propagandists pepper internet w. videos purporting fictitious/outlandish stories that rack up millions of views
* Russian-produced video, 7 million views on X, claimed Harris left a girl paralyzed
#democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #Russia #influencers #SocialMedia #Xcorp #Twitter #misinformation #disinformation #TenetMedia #RT #Musk #EnablingFascism
[Canada] Jagmeet Singh/NDP targeted by misinformation attacks foreign interference inquiry hears
NDP nat. director fears online attacks will lead to real-life violence
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-interference-ndp-misinformation-1.7328215
* Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) task force
* monitors online disinformation
* Meta takes avg. 5-10 days to respond/act
Jagmeet Singh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagmeet_Singh
#Canada #FederalPolitics #NDP #JagmeetSingh #ForeignIntervention #disinformation #MetaPlatforms #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
NDP Jagmeet Singh and his party are being targeted by social media misinformation attacks that appear to be coming from outside Canada, the party's national director told the inquiry into foreign interference Thursday.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted by federal grand jury
https://www.salon.com/2024/09/26/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-by-grand-jury
* charge: unregistered foreign agent
* ties to 6 foreign countries
Eric Adams Indicted; Calls to Resign Amid Multiple Federal Corruption Probes
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/26/eric_adams_indictment_new_york_turkey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Adams
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110629916502236739
Comment: Adams also demonizes homeless persons
https://persagen.org >> "eric adams"
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110510153669109641
#NYC #EricAdams #ForeignAgent #homelessness #PoliticalCorruption #ForeignAgent
[Canada] 'A threat to all of us': Eby addresses RCMP allegations Indian officials linked to Canadian homicides, extortion
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-threat-to-all-of-us-eby-addresses-rcmp-allegations-indian-officials-linked-to-canadian-homicides-extortion-1.7073596
* B.C. NDP leader David Eby addresses stunning new allegations from RCMP
* Indian diplomats and consular officials are linked to violent criminal activity on Canadian soil.
#Canada #BritishColumbia #RCMP #DavidEby #democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #India #influencers #misinformation #disinformation #ForeignAgent #PoliticalCorruption
B.C. NDP leader David Eby took a break from campaigning Monday to address stunning new allegations from the RCMP that Indian diplomats and consular officials are linked to violent criminal activity on Canadian soil.
Election Day: Russian Influence & Disinformation Warnings
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/05/election-russia-iran-misinformation-influence-cisa-odni
Georgia secretary of state: Russia behind polling place bomb threats
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/05/theyre-up-to-mischief-georgia-secretary-of-state-says-behind-polling-place-bomb
Russia Disrupts Georgia Voting w. Phony Bomb Scare
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/russia-just-tried-to-disrupt-georgia-voting-with-a-phony-bomb-scare
Russian hoax bomb threats target polling in U.S. swing states
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hoax-bomb-threats-linked-to-russia-target-polling-places-in-u-s-battleground-states-fbi-says-1.7099731
#USelection #democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #Russia #disinformation #VoterIntimidation #fascism #GOP #Trumpism #authoritarianism #Putin #Musk
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More bomb threats cause evacuation of Georgia polling places in final hour of voting
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/05/more-bomb-cause-evacuation-of-georgia-polling-places-in-final-hour-of-voting
* Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said threats appeared to originate from Russia
Russia, Iran & China are all trying to sway American voters this election
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g-s1-32680/2024-election-russia-iran-china-results
#USelection #democracy #ElectoralIntervention #ElectoralFraud #Russia #Iran #China #disinformation #VoterIntimidation #fascism #GOP #Trumpism #authoritarianism #Putin #Musk #Trump
[Canada, Tenet Media]
Russian-Linked Far-Right Media Personality Accused of Being In Contempt of Parliament by Canadian MPs
https://pressprogress.ca/russian-linked-far-right-media-personality-accused-of-being-in-contempt-of-parliament-by-canadian-mps
* Lauren Chen:founder, far-right outlet Tenet Media
* $10M foreign influence campaign covertly funded by Russia
* far-right personalities created content designed to interfere in2024 U.S. Presidential election
* 50 videos focused on Canada
#ElectoralIntervention #TenetMedia #LaurenChen #Russia #influencers #disinformation #RT #ElectoralFraud
U.N. Human Rights Report Accuses India of Carrying Out ‘Systematic Attacks’ on Sikhs in Canada
https://pressprogress.ca/un-human-rights-report-accuses-government-of-india-of-carrying-out-systematic-attacks-on-sikhs-in-canada
* UNHRC Special Rapporteurs accuse India of violating human rights/international law
* publicly call for India to stop targeting Sikh activists in Canada/USA/...
[2024-Oct-14] Minister Joly announces expulsion of Indian diplomats re: violent criminal activity linked to India Gov.
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/10/minister-joly-announces-expulsion-of-indian-diplomats-related-to-ongoing-investigation-on-violent-criminal-activity-linked-to-the-government-of-india.html
#Canada #ElectoralIntervention #India #Sikh #ViolentExtremism #IMVE
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Chair, IDU
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113130919597436036
Harper Vows to Strengthen Ties Between Conservatives & Hungary’s Far-right Authoritarian Government
Viktor Orbán praises Harper as a great ally
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110670015995797335
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110670070629434502
#Canada #StephenHarper #capitalism #libertarianism #InternationalDemocraticUnion #IDU #conservatism #authoritarianism #protofascism #FarRight #ViktorOrban #antiLGBT #xenophobia
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