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0 pointsgklitz2y ago0 comments

> Do you have any doubt that Russia has been interfering in US politics for well over a decade?

You mean through completely accepted and legal campaign donations to pretty much every major politician? Oh no wait that’s AIPAC and Israel and “just fine”. You mean through bots that post shit on FB right?

I don’t care for conspiracies, but I do wonder why American politicians don’t try to stop donations from foreign government institutions to politicians in general. JFK was on track to do just that before he was murdered.

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beretguy2y ago

Or by using deepfakes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/us/politics/deepfake-us-o...

> Deepfake of U.S. Official Appears After Shift on Ukraine Attacks in Russia

> U.S. officials said they had no information about the origins of the video. But they are particularly concerned about how Russia might employ such techniques to manipulate opinion around the war in Ukraine or even American political discourse.

Most likely this is meant to target trump supporters to encourage them to go vote for him because it highlights increased US support for Ukraine.

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