Russian propagandists are peppering the internet with videos purporting fictitious and outlandish stories that nevertheless rack up millions of views, including one featuring an actor falsely accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of a nonexistent hit-and-run that paralyzed a girl, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) said this week in a report on foreign efforts to influence American elections.
The hit-and-run video first appeared on a supposed San Francisco-based "news outlet," which quickly disappeared after passing the baton to an army of social media accounts that circulated the fabricated claim on X, where it drew 7 million views, as well as Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.
