How Russia is Influencing US Citizens on Social Media. Russian Intelligence Document "Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US" [Translated] Page 3

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16162455

How Russia is Influencing US Voters. Russian Intelligence Document "Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US" [Translated] Page 5
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https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/exhibits_9a_and_9b.pdf

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How Russia is Influencing US Voters. Russian Intelligence Document "Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US" Page 3

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And before people say "not Lemmy, we are too small" - It's pretty obvious that a major Lemmy instance is literally a training ground for these recruits before they get promoted to Facebook and reddit duty (either intentionally or otherwise). There have been a few narratives this election which seem to have been tested out on here weeks before getting to Facebook and reddit. "Blue MAGA" was a pretty obvious one they seemed to workshop on Lemmy.
- There are certain actors on Lemmy that I'm betting will disappear after the presidential election cycle or significantly pull back their posting.
  Basically fanning the flames of "democrat bad, support israel genocide" while also saying "republican not in power, can't blame them!". Genocide is terrible no matter who does it and we shouldn't pretend Republicans would be any better. In all likelihood, they would be worse.
  
  Always a safe bet
  
  Democrats only want a little genocide, as a treat. Gee, I wonder why people don’t want to vote for that? Must be those darn Russian bots.
- this is a bit scary as the fediverse is likely a bit more difficult than facebook and such. I hate to think we are training them to well.
- It’s pretty obvious that a major Lemmy instance is literally a training ground for these recruits
  Is there any evidence to substantiate this claim, or are we doing the "Everyone on the instance I don't like is a Russian bot, because they disagree with me" line of reasoning?
  “Blue MAGA” was a pretty obvious one they seemed to workshop on Lemmy.
  Wasn't this in response to the dead-end Biden guys who were growing increasingly hysterical as he tanked out in the polls? Lemmy's gotten significantly more normal since Harris took the top of the ticket and the numbers have rebounded.
  
  Nah, more like "Russian bots exist and some people I disagree with are Russian bots." Which is pretty much the entire premise of the article.
  It's also pretty easy to tell the difference IMO. The trolls tend to just do nothing but troll and flame. They don't really spend much time engaging on other topics.
  As far as why I think Lemmy is a training ground? Call it a hunch. Obviously I don't have a notarized letter from a troll farm saying that they are in control of a certain worldnews forum, but a lot of the usual suspects fit a bit too neatly into that box to not raise an eyebrow. There are some other patterns as well but its definitely all circumstantial.
  
  Is there any evidence to substantiate this claim, or are we doing the “Everyone on the instance I don’t like is a Russian bot, because they disagree with me” line of reasoning?
  It's option B in all cases.
- Yep, i've noticed their rhetoric has gotten bad on the Memes sub. I just unsubbed there actually. 196 is more fun anyways.
  
  The .ml memes sub is so infuriating at times.
- I mean the US gets to shape the narrative everywhere else by making the social companies to do so, but the people removed about how they're being manipulated in return is always going to be hilarious.
  Lemmy is being overrun by brainwashed wankies more than anything.
  There have been a few narratives this election which seem to have been tested out on here weeks before getting to Facebook and reddit. "Blue MAGA" was a pretty obvious one they seemed to workshop on Lemmy
  can you post some links?
  
  Lemmy is being overrun by brainwashed wankies more than anything.
  It's all the same people who comment on YouTube and post ForwardsFromGrandma on Facebook. Its not like there's some secret reserve of "normal" people that are being diluted. Americans are going to American, whether they're cheer leading our invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, freaking out over a gay couple trying to buy a wedding cake, or marching around Charlottesville with torches.
  These assholes are everywhere. And when you call them on their bullshit, their knee-jerk response is "You're anti-American! No aktuly you're the extremist! You're either with us or you're with the Terrorists! You're not even a real person, you must be an elaborate engineered computer program / insincere paid special agent specifically tasked with tricking me into questioning my preconceptions!"
  Implying that folks are "brainwashed" assumes they had some better prior understanding of the world that was subsequently overwritten by a nefarious evil agent. But this baseline ultra-nationalism is the original conception we're raised with. American Exceptionalism is the norm and believing in it is for normies.
  They're not the freaks and weirdos and wankies for adhering to this very cloistered understanding of the world. We're the freaks for questioning it, for interrogating it, and god-fucking-help-us-all rejecting it.

In order for this work to be effective, you need to use a minimum of fake news and a maximum of realistic information. At the same time, you should continuously repeat that this is what is really happening, but the official media will never tell you about it or show it to you.
Yep, that last sentence pretty much sums up right-wing media, especially since "Candidate A" ~~who is definitely not Trump, shhh~~ ran for office around 2016.

This document is from here.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence
- Hero.

Gee, I wonder what the censored bits actually say. It's a total mystery.

So basically the Russian government branch of Fox news.
- Fox News IS the conservative plutocracy's STATE propaganda network. The only difference is they created the state media before they seized control of the state.
- They’re the same picture.

'In the fox news style'
Hmmm 🤔
Also interesting how much they count on white grievances and making white people feel attacked. It's almost like these things make you easier to manipulate.

“Manga editorial office”??
- Russia has learned the power of Japan.
- Mistranslation of “Maga”?
  
  Given that the other two are text and video, I'm going to guess it should be image.
  
  Isn't manga chinese art? I'm pretty sure it's referring to that instead of maga
- That puzzled me too.
- It's really 'Manga' in what I read in the end of the alleged original doc. Can't judge it yet, but it seems weird.
- Yes, these are the weakest possible threats that absolutely pale in comparison to the unfettered zionist propaganda coming from almost every USAian news source and almost every USAian politician.
  
  USound mAd aboUt Something, cAre to share?

This is the most moronic timeline.

Must be a trip to work in the department of memes and propaganda as a memesmith

Maybe it's time to return the favor.
I wonder if Russians are aware of the ways Putin enriches himself off of Russian poverty and suffering. Let's make sure they know how to solve that problem.
- They aren't but they don't care.
  You can't comprehend how psychologically broken Russians are, they've had centuries of lies with 0 truth, they just learned to accept whatever, because they know the alternative could always be a gunshot (or open window nowadays).

The video editoral needs an union.
3-4 images a day is chill. 3-4 videos is insane.
- Yeah lol. I can make 3-4 shitty memes in 30 mins.

The West should just adopt the same tactics for Russian social media channels (VK, Telegram, etc), regular civilian groups if the state does not want to resort to it. Feed Russia some of their own medicine.
- I have no doubt that the USA has fingers in the pie of public sentiments elsewhere.
- I wish. But the republicans would never.
  
  I hope you're aware the West isn't just the US (or worse, that republicans are in control of the entire West), and neither are the information related to this leak just about the US.
- You should look up regime change and color revolution. The US openly speaks about subverting and supplanting democratic governments in other countries if they don't align with their foreign policy goals. And they have done it many times.
  What Russia is doing is despicable but "they learned it from watching US".
  
  Color revolution = "What do you mean those countries don't want to be friends of Russia? Woke culture is out of control: you run a few thousand people over with tanks and they take it personally!"
- “The West” would have to start giving a fuck what goes on in who-gives-a-fuck-istan to have that happen. The warfare is asymmetric because only one side has an open society anyone else is actually interested in. No one in “The West” outside of the CIA ever thinks about Russia when they aren’t putting their dick in the punchbowl.
  
  No one in “The West” outside of the CIA ever thinks about Russia when they aren’t putting their dick in the punchbowl.
  They're literally bathing in the punch bowl for at least a decade+ now. Surely there's people who do give a fuck. I do.

This document has shaped every little chat I've had with every little tankie.
Neato!

https://youtu.be/P55t6eryY3g?si=JCXmHmlwMNENwHTH

So the Russians have discovered marketing...

Lol. My TV is overrun with zionist propaganda. Politicians are completely bought and sold by the zionist cult. Our "public" radio and television completely supports an ongoing genocide.
And they're going to tell me that some "guerrilla media campaign" is the problem?!? I haven't seen it at all. The phone call is coming from inside the house, y'all.
- It fascinates me how hard it is to make sure people understand that
  Two things can be bad at once
  You can comment on an issue without whataboutism
  Real people are being hurt, real elections are being won with these operations. Read the full memo, it’s in the crosspost.
  
  You can comment on an issue without whataboutism
  This point specifically is getting ignored. I feel like this kind of blatant ignorance is starting to make Lemmy a lost cause, because its gotten worse the past few weeks. I'm starting to think Tildes may be more my speed.
- Yeah but pro Israel shills are approved by the government and elites... Russians are doing this without permission... that's the issue here

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