Posted on 09/12/2020 12:04:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Iran is behind an ongoing series of hack attacks and online disinformation campaigns meant to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election and boost Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
The Islamic Republic is betting on Biden's campaign, according to regional experts and U.S. officials tracking the country's efforts to sway the presidential contest. Tehran has engaged in cyber espionage operations targeting President Donald Trump's campaign since late 2019, cyber experts say. It also has joined adversarial regimes such as Russia and China in waging online disinformation campaigns on social media as part of a larger effort to polarize voters and sow discord across America.
Iran's efforts include amplifying anti-Trump voices in its state-controlled news outlets and creating false online personas to elevate similar material. Both Facebook and Twitter have moved in recent months to remove a litany of false accounts that they say were controlled mainly by Iran, Russia, and China. These countries have promoted disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic and critiques of Trump's response. The sophistication of these attacks has ranged from advanced stealth efforts to infiltrate the campaign and elected officials to more amateurish campaigns promoting propaganda via a slew of false social media accounts.
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Obama/Biden were very helpful to the Iranian regime. It is no surprise to me that they would support Biden. More pallets of cash?
Is Hidin’ Biden colluding? Also, I thought the MSM had the misinformation campaign.
Biden is colluding with Iran. Time for an investigation, we’ll call it muskrat love.
China is behind the Antifa/BLM riots. That’s why the Houston Chinese Embassy was closed.
Of course they’re involved. They want their Obama deal back.
11 Sept: Yahoo: Bloomberg: Google Blocks Search Suggestions to Stop Election Misinformation
by Jackie Davalos
In addition, Google said it will pull claims from the autocomplete feature about participation in the election, including statements about voting methods, requirements, the status of voting locations and election security...
Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. have pledged to be more vigilant and have cracked down by taking down posts deemed false and a risk to health and safety...
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/google-blocks-search-suggestions-stop-184247480.html
11 Sept: Russia Today: Search autocomplete rejigged by Google for political queries, as tech giants become the election meddlers they claim to fight
by Helen Buyniski
The tech behemoth is clamping down on election-related searches, announcing in a blog post on Thursday it will remove all autocomplete entries that “could be interpreted as claims for or against any candidate or political party.” Statements about “voting methods, requirements, or the status of voting locations” will also be axed – even if they’re 100 percent accurate...
https://www.rt.com/usa/500485-google-autocomplete-political-searches-meddling/
WoW! Social media has not only censored free speech, they’ve also interfered in the election process far more than the Jim Crow Laws ever did.
No that wouldn't be legal. Besides Trump will win.
If Iran and China are really trying to help Biden as I suspect, it sure makes the whole Russia, Russia, Russia thing look like the BS we all knew it was.
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