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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

#GOUSA — promote #isolationism — part of #Russia's "foreign malign influence campaign" #FMIC Plans for #Election2024

Feds served a warrant on #Meta to corroborate that #Doppelganger used #AI tools to generate content, including images and videos, for use in negative advertisements about #US politicians.

Anybody remember #Trump claiming that images of crowds at #KamalaHarris rallies were generated by AI?

Or #Musk sharing an AI-generated image of #Harris in red #Nazi uniform?

@KamalaHarrisWin

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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

#Russia's #Doppelganger "foreign malign influence campaign" #FMIC Plans for #Election2024 include the following projects:

1. Good Old USA #GOUSA — promote #isolationism

2. Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US #USGMC — exploit perceived #polarization

3. US Social Media Influencers Network #USSMIN — avoid #detection & #mitigation

4. Target US by Influencing Other Countries #USTIOC — #electionInterference

See pages 30-34 of the #DoppelgangerAffidavit at justice.gov/d9/2024-09/doppelg

@KamalaHarrisWin

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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ #Doppelganger "foreign malign influence campaign" #FMIC extensively monitors and collects information about a large number of media organizations and social media #influencers as well as #antiInfluencers

This is still ongoing. Remember those zero-follower accounts following you.

I don't have much of a following, but at some point, I can see my account being tracked as an #antiInfluencer 😂

They also add information captured through monitoring to dashboards and analyze trends & effectiveness.

66. SDA documents further reveal that SDA extensively monitors and collects information about a large number of media organizations and social media influencers. One document revealed a list of more than 2,800 people on various social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Telegram, spanning 81 countries, that SDA identified as influencers, including television and radio hosts, politicians, bloggers, journalists, businessmen, professors, think-tank analysts, veterans, professors, and comedians. When referring to politicians, the list often mentioned which U.S. state and/or political party they represent and the position they hold in Congress. The U.S.-based influencers accounted for approximately 21% of the accounts being monitored by SDA. On another list of over 1,900 “anti-influencers”14 from 52 countries, the U.S.- based accounts comprised 26% of the total accounts being monitored by SDA. I assess that “anti- influencer” indicates that the account posts content that SDA views as contrary to Russian objectives. Based on my review of other records obtained during this investigation, I know that SDA adds information captured through its monitoring efforts to dashboards. These dashboards analyze trends in public opinion and thereby measure the effectiveness of the malign foreign influence campaign based on its impact on public opinion.
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ #Doppelganger "foreign malign influence campaign" #FMIC impersonate #US and other non- #Russian citizens through the creation of fake social media profiles. [Still ongoing. Remember those zero-follower accounts following you]

Then, that social media profile, posing as an American or other non-Russian citizen, would post content promoting a pro-Russian narrative and include a hyperlink to the cybersquatted domain impersonating a news outlet like The #WashingtonPost or #FoxNews

64. A hallmark of the Doppelganger campaign was to impersonate U.S. and other non- Russian citizens through the creation of fake social media profiles. Then, that social media profile, posing as an American or other non-Russian citizen, would post comments or other content promoting a pro-Russian narrative and include a hyperlink to the cybersquatted domain impersonating a legitimate news outlet like The Washington Post or Fox News. Using this manner of distribution, KIRIYENKO, GAMBASHIDZE, TUPIKIN, SDA, and STRUCTURA are able to mislead, for example, American citizens into believing they are seeing the viewpoints of a fellow American citizen, rather than the Russian government’s view. SDA documents provide detailed instructions on how these fake American social media profiles should distribute Doppelganger content through social media platforms. For example, SDA documents provide instructions and exemplar social media posts designed to influence the U.S. election. One such document first sets out what appears to be an article, written in English, likely to be published on one of the cybersquatted domains with the headline “U.S. Loses Its Position as a World Leader by Making Too Many Mistakes” under the heading of “International Politics.” The document envisions the creation of social media profiles posing as American citizens “living in a small town,” which would post comments linking to the article in order to influence the views of actual American voters.
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ #Doppelganger "foreign malign influence campaign" #FMIC was not constrained to "specific countries"; rather, “false stories spread could be initiated everywhere, in different countries, even launched through media,” and influencers, a “media cluster” with “40-50 websites per country”

And when they spread disinformation "everywhere," they really meant EVERYWHERE, including #Russia itself 🙄 to influence #Russian elections.

“Our battlefield is here. That’s why men are not in #Donbas.” 👀

57. One note of a January 13, 2023, meeting attended by GAMBASHIDZE, Zakharova and others mentioned they had “reported to the President about the project.” I assess that “the President” refers to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The note stated that the participants should not constrain themselves to specific countries; rather, “false stories spread could be initiated everywhere, in different countries, even launched through media.” The note referenced specific campaigns, including the use of influencers, a “media cluster” with “40-50 websites per country,” which I assess refers to creating unique media brands led by ANO Dialog, and making “political animated movies.” After mentioning “our fakes will be restored”, “the IAG team” was specifically assigned to work on “analytical products and videos.” I assess that IAG is a reference to GAMBASHIDZE. 58. In addition to foreign influence campaigns, Doppelganger also appears to have conducted influence campaigns domestically within Russia, underscoring its close ties to the Russian government. For example, one note indicates that the “project could be used for P’s election campaign” which I assess to be a reference to Russian President Putin. Likewise, a different meeting note from a meeting SAZ attended indicated the group discussed “Putin team-- example of work for the upcoming campaign” and explained that “Our battlefield is here. That’s why men are not in Donbas.”
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ #DoppelgangerAffidavit notes that the "foreign malign influence campaign" #FMIC specifically chose #Germans as target for #disinformation and to induce its "business elites"into "bypassing sanctions."

Suggested pieces of disinformation include fake reports of an #American soldier raping a #German woman 🤮

FMIC was not limited to #Germany. They were eager to target #France as well by luring a #French businessman to do an "interview" with #RRN

Wonder what #TuckerCarlson is doing these days

Another participant suggested using “real facts to complement fake facts.” One suggestion included trying to “make a fake on an American soldier that raped a German woman. That would be great!” Another note referenced another party as being “fully in charge of filling the content on the Ukraine Tribunal portal.” That note also indicated a topic “for business-elites” as “Bypassing sanctions: they don’t need to be lifted, they need to be bypassed.” 55. Although five of the notes did not list SVK as a participant, the meeting notes indicate that the meetings discussed presentations, reports, and metrics related to Doppelganger for SVK’s review and awareness as well as his reactions to, and approval of, various products. For example, in a note titled “Minutes of the Meeting, August 1, 2022”, GAMBASHIDZE mentioned that articles would be submitted to SVK’s office and that “so far three were well received.” Other notes mentioned creating reports or presentations for SVK, to include media monitoring. Another note included a discussion of resources, wherein a participant reported “SVK is not against including our influencers abroad.”10 That note referenced a French businessman whom the participants believed could do an “interview” for “RRN.” A note refers to SVK as “listening to no more than ten newsworthy events” and notes that “we need to create our OWN concept based on Ukraine monitoring and Tabak’s concept.” GAMBASHIDZE noted, “They are expecting fake news from us every day.”
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ #DoppelgangerAffidavit notes that the conspirators acknowledges the "foreign malign influence campaign" #FMIC as an "impossible task"

Initially they targeted 5 countries, but later decided to focus on #Germany rather than #France.

They agreed that “first and foremost, we need to discredit the #USA, #GreatBritain and #NATO," and "secondly, … " the need to convince #Germans to oppose the "inefficient politics of sanctions"

Also, they changed #RussianReliableNews to #RecentReliableNews #RRN 🙄

GAMBASHIDZE records that the group agreed “the Germans are more dependent than the French” and decided to focus its efforts on the Germans. In particular, the group agreed that "first and foremost, we need to discredit the USA, Great Britain and NATO, and secondly, we need to convey the truth about the war in Ukraine” and the need to convince Germans to oppose the “inefficient politics of sanctions.” 53. According to the note, the participants used the remainder of the meeting to discuss anti-Ukrainian, pro-Russian narratives to distribute, with a focus on Germany. GAMBASHIDZE noted “They were assigned Russian Reliable News — changed it to Recent, it's going to work. (was sent by Tabak).”
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