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Full Disclaimer: As a concerned U.S. citizen, I am starting this thread for a purpose: to inform others of the ongoing Active Measures being conducted against the United States and its citizens. I encourage others to do their own research, draw their own conclusions, and contribute to this thread if they wish.
If it’s okay with the moderators, I will periodically add to this thread with declassified documents, congressional testimony, studies from scholars, media reports, and my conclusions. I’ll try to limit it to two or so posts per day so as not to spam the board.
I’ve been researching this topic heavily since Comey testified on June 8th, 2017 and I’ve concluded the best way to combat this threat is to first acknowledge it’s occurring and to help others educate themselves to be able to defend against it.
While this topic is very unpleasant, it’s important not to get too scared about it. I’m not looking to start a Red Scare.
The more someone knows about Active Measures techniques and methods, the easier it is to defend against. Especially in the tech and social media sector.
Why did I choose the Anandtech political forum to start this thread?
I have done some threads on this topic on a conservative political forum based in Texas but I got banned due to being constantly being reported as a troll by the resident trump posters.
Because Active Measures is nonpartisan, I wanted to bring my findings and discussion to a more liberal political forum. On another forum, someone posted a link to Anandtech and described it as a liberal leaning. I investigated and it checked out, so here I am. As I’ve already been falsely accused here, I’m not being paid to post and I don’t work for the government. I work in the private sector and currently live in Louisiana.
But enough about me.
For starters, here is some recent literature and testimony on Active Measures:
U.S. v. Internet Research Agency, et al (1:18-cr-32, District of Columbia)
https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download
Senate Foreign Relations Report
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FinalRR.pdf
FULL: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing On Russian Active Measures in 2016 Election 3/30/2017
That’s it for today, I’ll post some more tomorrow.
If it’s okay with the moderators, I will periodically add to this thread with declassified documents, congressional testimony, studies from scholars, media reports, and my conclusions. I’ll try to limit it to two or so posts per day so as not to spam the board.
I’ve been researching this topic heavily since Comey testified on June 8th, 2017 and I’ve concluded the best way to combat this threat is to first acknowledge it’s occurring and to help others educate themselves to be able to defend against it.
While this topic is very unpleasant, it’s important not to get too scared about it. I’m not looking to start a Red Scare.
The more someone knows about Active Measures techniques and methods, the easier it is to defend against. Especially in the tech and social media sector.
Why did I choose the Anandtech political forum to start this thread?
I have done some threads on this topic on a conservative political forum based in Texas but I got banned due to being constantly being reported as a troll by the resident trump posters.
Because Active Measures is nonpartisan, I wanted to bring my findings and discussion to a more liberal political forum. On another forum, someone posted a link to Anandtech and described it as a liberal leaning. I investigated and it checked out, so here I am. As I’ve already been falsely accused here, I’m not being paid to post and I don’t work for the government. I work in the private sector and currently live in Louisiana.
But enough about me.
For starters, here is some recent literature and testimony on Active Measures:
U.S. v. Internet Research Agency, et al (1:18-cr-32, District of Columbia)
https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download
Senate Foreign Relations Report
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FinalRR.pdf
FULL: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing On Russian Active Measures in 2016 Election 3/30/2017
That’s it for today, I’ll post some more tomorrow.