{"id":121584,"date":"2024-11-03T12:24:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T05:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121584"},"modified":"2024-11-03T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T05:24:17","slug":"2-more-russian-disinformation-videos-targeting-u-s-election-are-circulating-online-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121584","title":{"rendered":"2 more Russian disinformation videos targeting U.S. election are circulating online, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>U.S. officials believe another two fake videos circulating online and publicly identified by the FBI as an attempt to push false election security claims are likely part of a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-accuses-russia-election-interference\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Russia-backed malign influence campaign<\/a><\/span>\u00a0ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s presidential election, two sources familiar with the process told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after the FBI said in a statement Saturday that the videos &#8220;are not authentic, are not from the FBI, and the content they depict is false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The agency said that one of the videos falsely claims &#8220;the FBI has apprehended three linked groups committing ballot fraud, and the second relates to first gentleman Doug Emhoff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The FBI in its statement did not say who was behind the videos, and when reached by CBS News, declined to comment further.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It added that the two videos \u2014 using Justice Department and FBI signage within them and images of Emhoff \u2014 were being circulated as part of &#8220;attempts to deceive the public with false content about FBI operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The FBI did not attribute the creation of the propaganda to any actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s disclosure brings to four the number of fake videos produced and distributed by Russia to mislead the American electorate that have been publicly identified in recent days by the U.S. government. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/georgia-video-fake-voter-fraud-russian-troll-farm\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said a video<\/a><\/span>\u00a0which purports to show\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/baseless-claim-haiti-immigrants-cats-springfield-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Haitians<\/a><\/span>\u00a0claiming that they\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-noncitizen-voter-fraud-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">illegally voted<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for Harris is fake and likely the work of a Russian troll farm.<\/p>\n<p>And in a joint statement Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the intelligence community &#8220;assesses that Russian influence actors&#8221; manufactured the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/pennsylvania-bucks-county-ballots-destroyed-fake\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Another fake video<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that appears to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania&#8217;s Bucks County is also fake, both state and federal officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The ODNI, the FBI and the CISA said a statement Friday that &#8220;Russian actors manufactured and amplified&#8221; that video.<\/p>\n<p>Antibot4Navalny, a team of anonymous volunteers monitoring Russian disinformation efforts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/x.com\/antibot4navalny\/status\/1852810052534411544__;!!CxwJSw!Nq3qzHXofOhrW0VyDlfrLthi5GJLoG5LMiopGnUFC_OwcnWZDjbzRkfc3fyATy5edtZ9GF-gUI1UzyzI447n_zlq%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0the videos\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/x.com\/FBI\/status\/1852743285711761791__;!!CxwJSw!Nq3qzHXofOhrW0VyDlfrLthi5GJLoG5LMiopGnUFC_OwcnWZDjbzRkfc3fyATy5edtZ9GF-gUI1UzyzI48OBupCO%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cited<\/a>\u00a0by the FBI match recent footage released by a Russian disinformation group known for impersonating media organizations and U.S. government entities.<\/p>\n<p>The group released 47 fabricated videos this week alone as the presidential election approached, researchers said. Other videos targeted Vice President Kamala Harris, promoted Trump, or sought to erode confidence in election integrity and undermine support for Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The videos employ graphics and text to mimic content from U.S. government agencies and international news organizations, including the BBC, Fox News, and Euronews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, U.S. intelligence and Microsoft have assessed that U.S. adversaries\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tim-walz-false-claims-russian-disinformation-groups\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have been conducting influence campaigns<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to mislead voters in the 2024 election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both the U.S. government and Microsoft\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-russia-trump-campaign-us-intel-briefing\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have said<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that Russia favors former President Donald Trump, while Iran favors Vice President Kamala Harris.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/erielle-delzer\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Erielle Delzer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/election-2024\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/margaret-brennan\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Margaret Brennan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/margaret-brennan\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"headshot-600-margaret-brennan.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/44bf3901-9d92-4aec-a919-b9cfb6f6c252\/thumbnail\/80x80\/ec281f35c469a1ae9d8782f027e23c10\/headshot-600-margaret-brennan.jpg?v=379420b9063a2aadbcd559df18e2d1ae 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/44bf3901-9d92-4aec-a919-b9cfb6f6c252\/thumbnail\/160x160\/fee585f291894a35c6f4542fa368b0f6\/headshot-600-margaret-brennan.jpg?v=379420b9063a2aadbcd559df18e2d1ae 2x\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Margaret Brennan is the moderator of CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.&#8221; Based in Washington, D.C., Brennan is also the Network&#8217;s chief foreign affairs correspondent and a contributing correspondent to 60 Minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2-more-russian-disinformation-videos-targeting-u-s-election-circulating-online\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. officials believe another two fake videos circulating online and publicly identified by the FBI as an attempt to push false election security claims are likely part of a\u00a0Russia-backed malign &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121584\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}