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The US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it has cracked down on a Kremlin-backed Russian online propaganda campaign that spread disinformation in the United States using artificial intelligence. US justice said it has blocked about 1,000 fake accounts that spread disinformation on social networks.
Officials said the Russian operation is part of an ongoing effort to foment discord in the United States by creating fake social media profiles that appear to be legitimate individuals but were actually designed to further the Russian government's agenda. , including the spread of disinformation about Russian aggression in Ukraine.
U.S. officials said the scheme was orchestrated in 2022 by an editor at the Russian state media network Russia Today who registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent. The Russian effort was backed financially by the Kremlin, with a Russian FSB officer running a private intelligence organization to spread disinformation through social media. The Russia Today network did not respond to a request for comment from the Associated Press news agency.
The crackdown on what is known as a "social media bot farm" in cyber jargon comes as US officials have raised alarm over the possibility of artificial intelligence being used to influence US elections and ongoing concerns that foreign campaigns could manipulate opinion. of some voters.
"Today's actions are the first strike against a Russian-sponsored campaign that used artificial intelligence on social media," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. "Russia intended to use this tactic to spread foreign disinformation generated through artificial intelligence, escalating their AI-assisted actions to target our partners in Ukraine and influence geopolitical trends in favor of the Russian government."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Cyber Task Force collaborated with Canada's Cyber Security Center and law enforcement in the Netherlands regarding 'robot farms' on social media platforms./VOA
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