RUSSIAN BOTS & NORTH CAROLINA'S VOTER SUPPRESSION

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07/08/2018 12:32 am ET Updated 3 days ago

Russian Bots Linked To Viral Twitter Attacks On ‘Hateful’ Dems

Is this a preview of stepped-up
activity before the midterm elections?

By Mary Papenfuss

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-bots-linked-to-viral-attacks-over-rude-dems_us_5b414945e4b05127ccf2d083?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003

A Diabolical New Ploy to Suppress Black Voter Turnout

A new North Carolina measure claims to expand access to voting but is likely to have the opposite effect.

By ROB ARTHUR

JULY 10, 2018

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/north-carolina-early-voting-midterms-a-diabolical-new-republican-ploy-to-suppress-black-turnout.html

FOCUS: Ben Freeman | Following the Foreign-Policy Money Trail in Washington: How Middle Eastern Powers Fund Think Tanks

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FOCUS: Ben Freeman | Following the Foreign-Policy Money Trail in Washington: How Middle Eastern Powers Fund Think Tanks 

Ben Freeman, TomDispatch
Freeman writes: "The 2016 elections awakened Americans to a startling reality: the country's political system is ripe for foreign interference. The Russians took full advantage of social media with bot armies and through unregistered foreign agents."
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Maya Kosoff, Vanity Fair
Kosoff writes: "New malicious accounts discovered by Facebook 'went to much greater lengths to obscure their true identities,' the company warned."
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Gaza Massacre, 'Russian Bots,' Syrian Non-Withdrawal...

Gaza Massacre, 'Russian Bots,' Syrian Non-Withdrawal...

This week's episode of FAIR's radio show CounterSpin:

• Phyllis Bennis on Gaza Massacre,
  Pam Vogel on Sinclair Propaganda

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