Megathread: US government: Russia, Iran have obtained some voter registration data, aiming to communicate disinformation with voters

[ElprofesorJuan]

Megathread: US government: Russia, Iran have obtained some voter registration data, aiming to communicate disinformation with voters

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"Iran and Russia have taken specific actions to influence public opinion related to our elections," said Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe at a hastily scheduled press conference.
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Top US Intelligence Officials Say Iran And Russia Used Voter Registration Records To Spread Disinformation

 

[ElprofesorJuan]

Unless they are changing votes there is misinformation everywhere. Google and Twitter already do it pushing up democratic stories and hiding stories of Republicans. We can't stop it with our own companies.

This shows we must stop this information. The problem is ask Snowden what happens when a Goverment agency tries to protect America..We become them.

 

[DaShuckster]

Unless they are changing votes there is misinformation everywhere. Google and Twitter already do it pushing up democratic stories and hiding stories of Republicans.

Yeah, it's a crying shame that the Hunter Biden pedo story has been hidden by the MSM, right?*

 

[Crazyhole]

Both countries have endorsed Biden. One even gave his son 3.5 million because they like the family so much.

 

[sk8knight]

I’d be a whole lot more enraged if our country wasn’t just as guilty of tampering in foreign elections. Or more, truth be told.

 

[hemightbejeremy]

If you are relying on an email from an Iranian or Russian prince to determine who you are voting for you are a pretty low IQ voter. But sadly this may have some influence.

 

[KnighttimeJoe]

I doubt that has much influence, but when only stories that are positive towards one side and anything negative is pushed with the other side I'm sure it has an impact. The war of information is control. The foreign country stuff is overblown unless they get into voting systems.

If it didn't have much influence, they wouldn't do it.

 

[sk8knight]

We either live in a free speech country or we don’t. Let them run all the ads they want. In the end, no one is being forced to vote for one candidate over the other (at least not by foreign agents) and it doesn’t look like any of the voting systems have been hacked.

 

[Crazyhole]

If you are relying on an email from an Iranian or Russian prince to determine who you are voting for you are a pretty low IQ voter. But sadly this may have some influence.

It sounds like Iran was sending out emails to democrats, posing as Proud Boys, threatening them if they vote. Strange tactic, but I suppose it could rile people up.

 

[PhDee]

Voter registration information is public information and is provided free or for a small fee by state election boards.

Countries overseas have been getting this data and updating it yearly for decades, I promise you this is nothing new. The problem isn't that they have the data, the problem is that anyone can access it.

 

[Crazyhole]

Voter registration information is public information and is provided free or for a small fee by state election boards.

Countries overseas have been getting this data and updating it yearly for decades, I promise you this is nothing new. The problem isn't that they have the data, the problem is that anyone can access it.

The alternative is worse.