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Russia Is Using an Army of Bots to Push Fake US Election Videos
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01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
Russian bot networks pushing fake election videos raise disinformation and platform-integrity risk ahead of US midterms.
Foreign disinformation ahead of US midterms
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Election-cycle developments
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Attribution and impact hard to verify
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Fake videos of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Julia Roberts attacking Democratic candidates have started appearing on X. Stephanie Baker explains how Russian disinformation operators are deploying an army of bots ahead of the US midterm elections. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Mark
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03 WHO'S INVOLVED
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