France uncovers a vast Russian disinformation campaign in Europe
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France uncovers a vast Russian disinformation campaign in Europe::undefined
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France uncovers a vast Russian disinformation campaign in Europe::undefined
Of course. That's been true since the dawn of humanity.
Russia has a certain flavor of lying that I don't see elsewhere. They make claims that are so utterly ridiculous that everyone knows it is complete bullshit. It's like some weird gaslighting / dominance thing. Lavrov and Putin are pros at this.
Purely by coincidence, you see a similar technique employed by one of the two major US presidential candidates. Only his approach is to repeat the ridiculous lie enough times that some people believe it.
There is one other place I do see this strategy replicated, which is from the IDF.
Turkey and Azerbaijan
China
half the African continent
...
seems to not be some innovation limited to specific countries really.
Missing the obvious.... Trump, The Brexit cronies, any number of populist movements in Europe.