Russia Still Meddling in US Elections
September 18, 2020
Russia is actively trying to disrupt the upcoming US elections to favor President Trump, the FBI director just told the House Homeland Security Committee, by using social media and other online platforms to sow “divisiveness and discord” among Americans, just as it did in 2016. In an early deep look at such malicious communication efforts, a scholar of emerging technologies described in Issues how foreign countries and groups were capitalizing on new online tools and services to spread “weaponized narratives” intended to undercut US institutions, culture, and resiliency.