Microsoft revealed that Russian operatives have escalated their online attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign in recent weeks. They are producing and spreading videos promoting unfounded conspiracy theories to exacerbate racial and political divisions within the US.
Microsoft said Tuesday that Russia n operatives have in recent weeks intensified their online attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris ’ campaign by producing and disseminating videos promoting “outlandish conspiracy theories” aimed at stoking US racial and political divisions. One of the inauthentic videos, which Microsoft said had been viewed millions of times, claimed to show Harris supporters attacking an attendee of a Donald Trump rally.
Russians ‘struggled to pivot’ to attacking Harris There was an initial period after Biden withdrew from the presidential race in July when Russian influence operations“struggled to pivot” to find new ways to target the Democratic ticket, according to Microsoft. But then, in late August and early September, the videos attacking Harris and her supporters emerged.
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