Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says
Ali Swenson, The Associated Press
Canadian Press
October 23, 2024
FILE - The Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France, April 12, 2016. The company said Wednesday that Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, while Chinese-linked social media campaigns are maligning down-ballot candidates who are critical of China. Meanwhile, Iranian actors who allegedly sent emails aimed at intimidating U.S. voters in 2020 have been surveying election-related websites and major media outlets, the tech giant said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
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