Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Technology Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Today’s Paper Advertisement Supported by ByKevin Roose Sept. 25, 2018 To an untrained eye, USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization vying for attention in a crowded media landscape. Its website publishes a steady stream of stories on hot-button political issues like race, immigration and income inequality. It has reader polls, a video section and a daily podcast. But this is no ordinary media start-up. USAReally is based in Moscow and has received funding from the Federal News Agency, a Russian media conglomerate with ties to the Internet Research Agency, the “troll farm” whose employees were indicted by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. Caught flat-footed by the influence campaigns of 2016, intelligence agencies and tech companies in … [Read more...] about Is a New Russian Meddling Tactic Hiding in Plain Sight?
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Google foe pays in rubles, gets Google to run ‘Russian troll ads’
By Ethan Baron | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 4, 2018 at 4:07 pm | UPDATED: September 4, 2018 at 4:08 pm A mysterious and persistent enemy of Google set the company up in an elaborate scheme designed to show that it is unwilling or unable to keep Russian political operatives out of its lucrative digital advertising business. If Google foe Campaign for Accountability is to be believed, it succeeded. If Google is to be believed, the group’s ad project was a stunt that didn’t live up to its billing. Campaign for Accountability — whose funders other than Google’s bitter rival Oracle remain a closely guarded secret — orchestrated an ad campaign it claimed mimicked the tactics of the Russian election meddlers who infested Silicon Valley tech companies’ social media platforms during the most-recent presidential campaign, the group said in a report Tuesday. “For months, Google has trumpeted … [Read more...] about Google foe pays in rubles, gets Google to run ‘Russian troll ads’
A watchdog group pretended to be Russian and bought ‘divisive’ Google ads — now, Google is blasting the group for its ties to Oracle
A watchdog group posed as a group of infamous Russian internet trolls to find out how effectively Google was at combatting foreign agents from buying “politically divisive ads.” The group bought the ads using rubles and a Russian-based IP address and used similar language and images as were allegedly used by Russian operatives to influence the 2016 US presidential elections. According to the watchdog group, Google did nothing to stop them. Google, for its part, is blasting the watchdog group for its ties to Oracle, a major rival to the company. A watchdog group said Tuesday that it posed as a “Russian Troll farm” and bought “politically divisive ads” on Google, and the search giant did nothing to thwart the effort – suggesting, says the watchdog group, that the search company hasn’t done enough to prevent foreign agents from influencing US elections. Campaign for Accountability (“CfA”), which identifies itself as a … [Read more...] about A watchdog group pretended to be Russian and bought ‘divisive’ Google ads — now, Google is blasting the group for its ties to Oracle
Russian Twitter trolls have been targeting Australian politics during by-elections and budgets
Russia was behind an enormous effort to influence politics in the US and the UK, but was Australia targeted too? In this series Hacking #auspol we explore how covert foreign influence operates in Australia, and what we can do about it. New evidence shows that the infamous Russian “troll factory”, the Internet Research Agency (IRA), targeted Australian politics on social media between 2015 and 2017 – and that other Russian outlets may continue to conduct influence operations. Russian intervention in the 2016 US election has generated considerable attention around the world. But while that attack was unprecedented in scope, Russia is not the only perpetrator of foreign influence, and the United States is not the only target. The recent passage of legislation by the Australian Parliament targeting foreign lobbyists and strengthening regulations around espionage are a response to growing concerns about foreign influence operations in Australia. Weaponized information … [Read more...] about Russian Twitter trolls have been targeting Australian politics during by-elections and budgets
Russian firm indicted in special counsel probe cites Kavanaugh decision to argue that charge should be dismissed
Robert Barnes, The Washington Post Published 4:37 pm PDT, Friday, July 20, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-15', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 15', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-20', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery … [Read more...] about Russian firm indicted in special counsel probe cites Kavanaugh decision to argue that charge should be dismissed