Propaganda campaigns against 2020 Dems already on social media -- and it looks like foreign actors

[workinclasszero]

Brad Reed 20 FEB 2019 AT 08:41 ET

Major Democrats are already being hammered with waves of propaganda on social media that some data scientists say looks like the work of foreign actors.

Politico reports that a review of recently extracted data from Twitter and other social media platforms shows “a wide-ranging disinformation campaign aimed at Democratic 2020 candidates” that appears aimed at sowing “division and chaos” within the party.

The four biggest targets of these campaigns so far have been Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former congressman Beto O’Rourke, who hasn’t even yet announced whether he’s running for president.

“It looks like the 2020 presidential primary is going to be the next battleground to divide and confuse Americans,” Guardians.ai cofounder Brett Horvath tells Politico. “As it relates to information warfare in the 2020 cycle, we’re not on the verge of it — we’re already in the third inning.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/propaganda-campaigns-2020-dems-already-social-media-looks-like-foreign-actors-report/

[2naSalit]

1. Of course, it was very helpful last time.

Guess we'll have to make sure we don't buy the same bag of poison again.