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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Bill McCarthy, Rob Lever and Anuj Chopra

Fake US Election Video Signals Sprawling Russian Disinformation Ops

Researchers have already highlighted a multipronged Russian effort to sow disinformation ahead of the November 5 election (Credit: AFP)

American intelligence officials on Friday blamed Russia for a fake video of a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times, the latest in a series of disinformation campaigns in the final stretch of the US election.

The United States is on heightened alert for a potential flood of falsehoods from Kremlin-aligned actors in the closing days of a polarizing race between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

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