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Russian "information war" campaign on the US, trying to convince voters that disabled people have too many privilidges (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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The full document entitled “Guerilla media campaign on the United States” seized by the FBI from Russian government sources, is available here: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/exhibits_9a_and_9b.pdf

If you’ve been noticing more and more ableist content online like I have, this could explain it.

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[–] kiku@feddit.org 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If only I could figure out who "US Political Party A" and "US Political Party B" are, then we could really get to the bottom of this.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don’t know if you’re joking. But party A is GOP and party B is Dems.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Surely that was sarcasm.

[–] Fetus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was sarcasm, but don't call them Shirley.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've decided to transition, call me Shirley.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Will do, Shirley 🫡

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

And don't call me Shirley.

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Inb4 more ML drones come in here and claim this is propaganda- there is no war in ba sing se

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They will get the ban hammer.

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Really?

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I’m a moderator of this community, so please report if you see trolls or tankies.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dont think that's what a tankie would say. As far as I saw, they are not on board with Russia's conservative agenda.

You can see it in another comment made by another ML user on this post.

And don't forget: something can be propaganda while still being true!

Edit: clarification

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fascism and bigotry in general has always been a tool used by the ruling classes for internal and external warfare. They keep it around for a reason. This is not so suprising

[–] sentientity@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Depressing. Not shocking though

[–] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All is not lost friend. Believe it or not there are people in the US who care about this shit and are actively fighting it (and by extension, you)

When things seem to be at their darkest, look for the candles lit by your fellow man and help them to light more.

It’s always darkest before dawn.

[–] sentientity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Hey, thank you. Really needed to hear this today.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We've known certain personalities have been russian shills for a while. What's new is that we now know they're PAID russian shills.

Though, if Tim pool is to be believed, they didn't influence his content at all. That means he would suck putin's cock for free which is worse.

[–] sentientity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

True. I guess it's a bit heartening to have concrete and widely known proof that the huge uptick in shitty attitudes toward certain groups has not been completely organic? Some people might think a bit more critically, maybe, with luck? These people are doing a bit for likes and money, they should be way more embarrassed than they are.