The presidential election is going to be held in the United States in November. Two rival candidates, Democratic leader Kamala Harris and Republican leader former President Donald Trump, have entered the field. In the meantime, there are rumors that Russia has started trying to secretly interfere in the US presidential election.
Last Friday, a senior US intelligence official said at a press conference that Russia is trying to influence voters before the presidential election. For this they have already started using social media personalities. This is the most common practice in Russia. According to the Reuters report citing this senior intelligence officer, Russia is playing a psychological game in this case. Different messages are spread on social media. The anger among the Americans increased, the social breakdown started and various security issues started coming against the government. Earlier, another intelligence officer had said the same thing last July. He then told Reuters, 'We are working to suppress such tactics. People of our country need to understand that what they are reading online can be propaganda of foreign countries. Not only foreigners will be involved in these campaigns. US citizens may also be involved in this.
Voice of America reports that last Wednesday, the Biden administration accused Russia of extensive efforts to influence the US presidential election. The country's attorney general, Merrick Garland, said several actions were taken against the backdrop of attempts by American influencers to spread disinformation and propaganda using Russian state media. The actions include sanctions against top officials of Russian state channel RT. RTs were previously required to register as 'foreign agents' and were subject to visa restrictions.
A criminal case has accused two RT officials of secretly funding a Tennessee-based content creation company to release 2,000 Russian propaganda videos. According to the news agency Reuters, two media businessmen named Lauren Chen and Liam Donovan were allegedly paid 1 million US dollars for this. The two later paid money to US conservative influencers. And it was said that the videos and posts should talk like them. Neither of them could comment on this matter.
However, no comments have been received from Russia in this regard so far. There have been allegations of Russian interference in the US election several times before. Among them, Donald Trump won the 2016 election. This time too he is contesting the election.
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