How Russia is Using LinkedIn as a Tool of War Against its U.S. Enemies

Overview

Explores "Russia’s use of covert 'propaganda factories' to subvert democracy, flooding Twitter and Facebook with millions of computer-generated bots posting under false names (often unwittingly picked up and amplified by supporters of Donald Trump)," with a specific focus on the under-reported Russian use of LinkedIn.

Why is this important?

Weaponized Narrative does not shout itself out. It is sneaky, it appeals to the unconscious, and it comes loaded with self-perpetuating mechanisms. Those of us who "out" weaponized narratives aimed at US national security and sovereignty become targets as well. This Newsweek article describes several ways in which that has happened recently. AM