Russian operatives clearly saw Trump fans as the most susceptible, especially anti-immigration, anti-Muslim, & some Christian Americans. 2/x
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Sowing divisiveness is effective because Americans really are divided. On controversial issues, both sides think they're right. 13/x
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But the new Russian propaganda strategy amplifies the angriest voices, and gives the conspiracy theorists much greater reach. 14/x
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Old-school Russian propaganda tried to convince people that various false things are actually true. 15/x
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The new, more sophisticated Russian propaganda aims to cast doubt on Truth. Media's biased, authority figures lie, don't trust them. 16/x
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Repeat misinformation over and over to exhaust everyone. Two sides to every issue, both very biased, so might as well trust "your side" 17/x
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Russia's Information Age propaganda strategy is insidious & quite clever No clear counter We're behind, and just starting to catch up (END)
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Not so new. Ru Active measures used since 1920s. But the internet gave access to manipulate across a broader field without risk to agents
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Appreciate your thread. Agree with most of your thoughts. Might argue this is an 'old' warfare method, just different scale of weaponization
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They’ve had so many years of using propaganda and lies on own citizens to prepare for this.
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