US intelligence agencies have revealed that Russian operatives were behind the creation and dissemination of false online content aimed at smearing Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. The content, including manipulated audio, was spread on the social media platform X and displayed signs of manipulation consistent with Russian influence tactics.
According to an official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), analysts worked diligently over the weekend to examine the media content and identified several indicators of manipulation. Some of the fake posts on X received hundreds of thousands of views and were further amplified by right-wing personalities, drawing parallels to the infamous 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory from 2016.
