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View submission: Suspected Campaign from Russia on Reddit
Do you realize this post is just spreading the original post far beyond its original reach? How about deleting it or at least not linking directly to it?
Comment by Bugman657 at 07/12/2019 at 00:20 UTC
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The preservation of the post is so that disinformation tactics can be studied, so that they will be recognized and less effective in the future.
Comment by Razakel at 07/12/2019 at 00:58 UTC*
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Do you realize this post is just spreading the original post far beyond its original reach?
You know the UK opposition party publicly released this to the press last week?[1] They're genuine documents and were literally discussed in an election debate this evening.
Comment by zoufha91 at 07/12/2019 at 00:30 UTC*
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With the election next week this seems very coordinated and planned. Much like a week before the elections in the US Comey received some "new info" and further stifled HRC with some ridiculous televised nothing burger.
Have the leaks validity been disputed or proven?
Comment by arbitraryairship at 07/12/2019 at 00:32 UTC
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Considering this didn't get as far as most sincere Russian propagandist efforts, there is also the possibility that this is a false flag.
Russia's efforts have largely been to support Brexit, but here they're spreading a leak that hurts Johnson, then getting caught out very obviously.
It's bizarre because, though they try to play both sides, they very seriously promote more efforts to help Johnson. Promoting the idea that the documents discrediting Boris are in fact, Russian propaganda, helps them discredit Corbyn.
The fact that this was so obvious and happened so immediately after the document leak makes me suspicious that this may be the case.
It's not provable yet, but it would definitely fit with their pattern.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/12/2019 at 00:24 UTC
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I mean, the Reddit folks said the doc was leaked, not that it was false