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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:01

Russia's at it again!

article image placeholderRussians Again Targeting Americans With Disinformation, Facebook Says
I'm not sure how many of you have seen this breaking news, but it appears as though Russia is trying to meddle in the upcoming election in the United States against in. And this time they're taking even greater pains by doing things like hiring American writers and also developing personas that look legit in order to pull voters away from the Democratic candidate. Definitely read this article for more specifics, but I'm just curious. Do you really think fool me once, shame on you? Fool me twice

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/technology/facebook-russia-disinformation-election.html

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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:13

https://nyti.ms/3hVWNOJ

So I decided this thread is going to be all things Russian. So in what? The only thing? Oh my gosh, the only way I can describe this as a complete s*** show
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Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 2:58

#democracyRIP https://instapaper.com/read/1339202348

Lots of people, including probably half of my high school graduating class, don't have faith in government, except the government administered by a businessman. And you have people questioning democracy instead wanting a model of executive leadership models on, like fascism. This is a pandemic that we're going through in terms of health. It's distracting attention, pulling resources away from election defense. And then the DLI can say, Well, it's a poorly rich in intelligence briefing talking about Russian interference
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Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 1:13

Saving related ideas at https://bit.ly/rdemocracyrip

I don't want really important stuff to get stuck behind a paywall for people who want to read and learn and then raise the point. Perhaps by calling or writing to their elected representatives. The only way we can put an exclamation point around what's happening. This is a big deal. We need thoughtful responses to this. Thanks for raising the issue
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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:14
So I'm going to look into that and see if I can sign up and I'll let you know if it works out and let's keep this conversation going and sharing anything that we come across or any questions we have. I think it's really important as well
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Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

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Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:21

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/opinion/navalny-russia.html

Another piece I Want to Share is an opinion piece that was published on The New York Times from the perspective of an activist in Russia. I've been following this particular activist and the group she is a part of in Russia for almost about ten years now, actually. And her and another member of the group that she's a part of were actually sentenced to several years in a women's prison in Russia for singing a song at a Church
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