Russian Information Virus Spreading in US
April 15, 2020
Using sophisticated new social media tools, Russia is capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic to spread misleading and hurtful information to the American public, the New York Times reports, quoting an expert on Kremlin propaganda as saying “It’s all about seeding lack of trust in government institutions.” Writing in Issues, a scholar of emerging technologies saw this coming, explaining how the United States is especially vulnerable to adversaries using “weaponized narratives” to attack beliefs and values that support the nation’s culture and resiliency.