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GEC Special Report: Russia's Pillars of Disinformation and Propaganda - United States Department of...

The Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) is leading and coordinating efforts of the U.S. Federal Government to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign propaganda and disinformation....

https://www.state.gov/russias-pillars-of-disinformation-and-propaganda-report/

1/ Part of the Department of State, the GEC is the U.S. Government& #39;s dedicated center for countering foreign propaganda.

This report provides an overview of Russia’s disinformation tactics to heighten awareness and aid those who are committed to countering these malign efforts.

2/ By exposing Russia& #39;s tactics, allies in this fight can conduct further analysis and thereby increase collective resilience to disinformation and propaganda.

In line with that goal, this report provides an overview of Russia& #39;s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem.

3/ Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem consists of five main pillars:

PI -

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PII -

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PIII -

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PIV -

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PV -

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3/ Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem consists of five main pillars:PI - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

4/ Pillar I -

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⛰️" title="Berg" aria-label="Emoji: Berg">Connection to Russia: Visible

4/ Pillar I - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

5/ Pillar II -

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌳" title="Laubbaum" aria-label="Emoji: Laubbaum">State-funded, foreign-facing media

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌳" title="Laubbaum" aria-label="Emoji: Laubbaum">Connection to Russia: Somewhat Visible

5/ Pillar II - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

6/ Pillar III -

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💧" title="Tröpfchen" aria-label="Emoji: Tröpfchen">Russia-aligned outlets with global reach

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💧" title="Tröpfchen" aria-label="Emoji: Tröpfchen">Witting proliferators of Russian narratives

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💧" title="Tröpfchen" aria-label="Emoji: Tröpfchen">Connection to Russia: Obscured

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7/ Pillar IV -

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">Infiltration of domestic conversations

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">Connection to Russia: Somewhat Denied

7/ Pillar IV - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

8/ Pillar V -

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚙️" title="Zahnrad" aria-label="Emoji: Zahnrad">Hack & Release

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚙️" title="Zahnrad" aria-label="Emoji: Zahnrad">Connection to Russia: Denied

8/ Pillar V - https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

9/ To demonstrate the way this ecosystem works to amplify false narratives, the GEC included a case study around the fabricated claim that COVID-19 is a US bioweapon.

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https://twitter.com/ContextFall/status/1295229248005976067?s=19

10/ The Kremlin invests massively in outlets that masquerade as news sites to spread false narratives.

Some of these "Proxy Sources" are profiled here.

Thread. https://twitter.com/ContextFall/status/1295228903628382209?s=19">https://twitter.com/ContextFa...

https://twitter.com/ContextFall/status/1295228903628382209?s=19

12/ Commonly referred to as "Active Measures", these political warfare methods utilize propaganda to add aggression into the national discourse.

We increase resiliency to these techniques through recognition and understanding, which is why this report is so important.

13/ Studies have shown that "Troll Farm" posts exhibited engagement which was significantly higher than platform benchmarks.

They also found these operations grew more and more effective over time.

Recognition builds resiliency. This threat is serious, please consider sharing.

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