Russia expected to target US 2020 vote to sow ‘discord’: FBI director 0 SHARES Share it! “What has continued pretty much unabated is the use of social media, fake news, propaganda, false personas etc to spin us up,” he said. Russia’s intelligence agencies are seeking to “pit us against each other, sow divisiveness, discord, undermine Americans’ faith in democracy,” Wray said. Wray said that while Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential vote and 2018 mid-terms there has been no interference with election infrastructure. He also said social media companies had made great strides in cracking down on malign actors.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 27, 2019 03:56 UTC