cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/645247
Here is the report (pdf)
Individuals affiliated with RT - formerly Russia Today - leveraged “Meliorator,” an artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced software package which allowed for the creation of authentic appearing fictitious personas to post content on X. The tool also allowed for the management of the persona profiles through an administrator panel called “Brigadir” and the spreading of disinformation through these profiles through a seeding tool called “Taras.”
Affiliates of RT, a Russian state-sponsored media organization, used this tool to create fictitious online personas, representing a number of nationalities, to post content on a social media platform.
The report is joint effort of security agencies in the U.S., Canada, and the Netherlands.
Probably happening on Lemmy too.
One of me caught this this morning: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-leads-efforts-among-federal-international-and-private-sector-partners
Who is surprised here, raise your object manipulation attachment, er, hand…
Yet I see those same posts screen-shot and posted here as though they was reliable news sources.
