FBI warns against foreign disinformation regarding 2020 results

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  1. Durandal

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    FBI warns against foreign disinformation regarding 2020 results

    The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned the public Tuesday that foreign actors might spread disinformation about the results of the 2020 election and encouraged voters to be patient with delayed results.

    “The increased use of mail-in ballots due to COVID-19 protocols could leave officials with incomplete results on election night,” the agencies said in a statement, highlighting the possibility that “foreign actors and cybercriminals” could use disinformation to “exploit the time required to certify and announce elections’ results.”

    The warning told Americans to get information from “trustworthy sources” like official government election websites. The warning also said that when dealing with reports of problems with voting or results, Americans should “verify though multiple reliable sources” and should think twice before sharing unverified material on social media.

    ... https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-election-news-09-22-2020/index.html

    Just posting this as a PSA.
     
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    Its those darn Russians again!!!

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    The Russians may be right if they are successful in their attacks on voting machines.
     
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    An interesting reaction to a purely non-partisan warning from the FBI about disinformation designed to erode Americans' faith in our democratic institutions and, in particular, the results of the coming election.

    Are you going to mock the very real problem of foreign disinformation even as you parrot their divisive disinformation about non-existent electoral fraud? Sadly, that is what the fake president of the country has been doing.
     
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    Are you a child?
     

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