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Report: U.S. Officials Say Russia-Backed Websites Spread Coronavirus Disinformation

July 29, 2020 JRL Russia List Coronavirus, Covid-19 Pandemic, Health, Epidemics, Substance Abuse, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

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U.S. officials have identified three English-language websites that they say Russia is using to spread disinformation about the coronavirus pandemic to exploit the U.S. struggle to contain the outbreak […]

JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russian Intelligence Agencies Push Disinformation on Pandemic” – New York Times/ Julian E. Barnes, David E. Sanger

July 29, 2020 JRL Russia List Coronavirus, Covid-19 Pandemic, JRL NewsBlog, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

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“Declassified U.S. intelligence accuses Moscow of pushing propaganda through alternative websites as Russia refines techniques used in 2016.” “… Russian military intelligence, … the G.R.U., has used … ties with … Russian government information center[] InfoRos[] and other websites to push out English-language disinformation and propaganda about the pandemic, such as amplifying false Chinese arguments that the virus was created […]