Sentences with phrase «russian disinformation efforts»

Speaking with Recode on Tuesday, Warner teased this tough oversight to come — stressing that he would challenge Facebook and others because he believes they've barely scratched the surface of Russian disinformation efforts.

While there's a tendency to speak of the DNC hack and Russian disinformation efforts in the past tense, as we learn about them, Trend Micro's report underlines the active, ongoing nature of threats to U.S. political systems — one that's only going to escalate as we move into 2018's U.S. midterm elections.

In response, Facebook's general counsel, Colin Stretch, pointed to materials his company has already released about Russian disinformation efforts — including on the social giant's corporate blog.

In contrast, the Russian disinformation effort has proven far harder to track and combat because Russian operatives were taking advantage of Facebook's core functions, connecting users with shared content and with targeted native ads to shape the political environment in an unusually contentious political season, say people familiar with Facebook's response.

Not exact matches

Then there is the current Vatican Ostpolitik: Russian Orthodox Church leaders have been prominent actors in Putin's war of propaganda and disinformation, yet the ecumenical efforts of the Holy See seem premised on the wish that these churchmen are not what they manifestly are — agents of Russian state power.

Was there an active effort to channel Russian disinformation to the candidate and his surrogates?

Its efforts have nonetheless won it some plaudits from Capitol Hill, where the company's top lawyer — joined by executives from Google and Twitter — faced a full grilling this November for failing to thwart Russian disinformation online.

The ads do not appear to be from the same Kremlin - affiliated entity that bought ads on Facebook (fb), which may indicate a broader Russian online disinformation effort, the paper reported.

On Friday, the Department of Justice indicted 13 Russian nationals on a number of charges for alleged involvement with an 80 - person - plus troll farm called the Internet Research Agency, which tried to flood US social media with disinformation and propaganda in what intelligence officials said looked a lot like an effort to help Trump's campaign.

No votes were changed, but the effort — alongside a concerted Russian disinformation and hacking campaign — exposed dangerous vulnerabilities in the voting systems and the government's ability to respond.