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Online influence campaigns tied to Russia are expected to promote Western politicians' opposition to ongoing support for Ukraine ahead of an upcoming election in the United States, according to a report published by Meta on Thursday.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than two years ago, Moscow has bombarded global social media networks with covert efforts to undermine the West's support for Kyiv. It has also elevated speeches from national lawmakers from France to Canada who argue the tens of billions of dollars provided to Ukraine would have been better spent at home.

Ahead of the November presidential election in the U.S., where Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance and other leading Republican lawmakers have openly challenged Washington's financial support for Ukraine, Meta said that Russia-based influence operations would likely piggyback onto these domestic messages for their own political gain.

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago

anti-Ukraine politicians

Yeah, we call them Republicans and Russia is already promoting them since a very long time

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago

Friends, I engaged in the exercise of reading the article to determine which, if any, Democrat politicians were listed as puppets in the Russian attack on democracy. The exercise was fruitless.

Upon reading the third paragraph, I finally started to see a political party reference. The Republican party, to state by name.

Alas, I guess there wasn't much room in the article's title - or subtitle - to list the puppets' party. Maybe next time!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Between AIPAC and Russia, I'm wondering how few US politicians aren't under foreign influence.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh. I wonder why there's so few articles about which politicians Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are promoting.

[–] Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Because it's not illegal for the MIC to lobby, that's just business as usual.

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago

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