• Taleya@aussie.zone
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    Ohhh a whole lotta conservative politicians worldwide about to have some very very bad days

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      This is as much of a conspiracy theory as the right spouts, though I’m not against it

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        Timeline of modern examples of Russian “hybrid warfare”

        2007 – Estonia Cyberattacks

        • After Estonia removed a Soviet war memorial, it was hit by massive cyberattacks targeting government, banks, and media.

        • One of the first clear cases of state-linked cyberwarfare combined with information warfare.

        2008 – Russo-Georgian War

        • Russia used cyberattacks, propaganda, separatist movements in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and limited military force.

        • Information manipulation portrayed Georgia as the aggressor.

        2014 – Crimea and Eastern Ukraine

        • Crimea annexation: Russian “little green men” seized key points while propaganda campaigns confused the population and international observers.

        • Donbas War: Russia armed and supported separatists while denying direct involvement, using cyberwarfare and disinformation heavily.

        2015 – Syrian Conflict

        • Russia intervened in Syria, blending military force, private military companies (e.g., Wagner Group), propaganda, and diplomatic manipulation.

        • Russia portrayed itself as fighting “terrorism” while targeting opposition forces.

        2016 – U.S. Presidential Election Interference

        • Russian intelligence agencies (GRU, FSB) engaged in cyberattacks, hacked emails, social media manipulation, and disinformation campaigns.

        • This was a major hybrid campaign aiming to sow distrust and division.

        2017 – NotPetya Cyberattack

        • Originating from Russia and targeting Ukraine, the NotPetya malware spread globally, crippling companies and infrastructure.

        • Disguised as ransomware but actually destructive sabotage.

        2018 – Skripal Poisoning in the UK

        • Russian operatives used a banned nerve agent in an assassination attempt.

        • Propaganda and diplomatic misinformation campaigns followed to confuse attribution.

        • Blending covert action, deniability, and information distortion.

        2020 – Belarus Protests

        • Russia supported Belarusian regime of Lukashenko against widespread protests.

        • Information campaigns, security force support, and diplomatic pressure were combined.

        2022 – Full-scale Invasion of Ukraine

        • Initially framed as a “special military operation” to “de-Nazify” Ukraine.

        • Involved military invasion, cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, economic blackmail (like gas supply threats), and the use of mercenary groups.

        • Continued narrative warfare domestically and internationally.

        2022–2025 – Global Disinformation and Influence Campaigns

        Russia expanded its hybrid toolkit:

        • Artificial amplification of anti-Western narratives globally.

        • Building alliances with other disinformation actors (e.g., Iran, China).

        • Using energy markets, food supply disruptions, and cyberattacks as pressure points.

        • Strengthening alternative media ecosystems (like RT, Sputnik, Telegram channels) to bypass bans in Europe and elsewhere.

        • Emergence of AI-driven propaganda (deepfakes, AI-generated fake news).

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        No it’s not. There’s an absolute metric fuckton of evidence of Russian Disinformation and foreign Propaganda programs have targeted nearly all Western countries. Some more effectively than others.

        Even if you choose to completely ignore the direct evidence of not only Russian leverage against high level politicians, but even full intelligence asset control, the fact that Russia has teams manipulating online conversations with fake information is a known fact with no basis for denial.

        Unless you have no capability of critical thinking like the antivaxxers that is. But if that’s the case you have bigger problems like probably being one of the many idiots that fell for the obvious bullshit.

        • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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          one of the many idiots that fell for the obvious bullshit.

          The thing is, you don’t even have to fall for it. You can very much not believe what is being said to you, and still be influenced in ways that the propagandist intends. One major technique being used is the amplification of existing discord. Both parties of the conflict ALREADY don’t believe what the other is saying. They amplify a message you believe is wrong, inducing you to fight all the more against that thing, think about it, be upset about it, hate it, all the while the propagandist is exploiting the cover provided.

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    The selfish route: become an “”“”““artist””“”“” and sell my AI art or do commissions or whatever. Since nobody else is doing this it’s basically an infinite money glitch.

    The absolutely deranged route: fabricate false evidence against every single billionaire/right wing political party, using AI to spread misinformation faster than anyone can delete it.

    I try to convince every single person in the world that all the richest people are secretly plotting for the extintion of humanity or some other bullshit like that, IF all goes well (and it won’t, but it’s funny) humans will bond together in one great communist revolution against the rich and a communist utopia will be achieved.

    There are quite a few holes with this plan… Off the top of my head, nobody guarantees that such a revolution would be a communist one just because I’m targetting the rich, and also people are quite dumb and will bend over backwards to defend capitalism as much as possible (I say that from experience).

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    Before 2022? Apply for high paying tech roles and nail every assignment with my broad near-encyclopaedic knowledge

    After 2022? Make unconvincing deep fakes of political figures and wait for rightwing media to run with it, as I desperately vie for a seat at the table with all the other techbros who instantly polevaulted my moat.

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    I’d plug in a bunch of psychology books and start getting profiles on every politician in every G4 country. I’d find their dirty laundry and air it on the news. I would make being a politician such a risky job choice that the rich would do everything in their power to avoid it. Then once a crop of people with differing ideas and a willingness for good faith compromise appears I’ll do everything I can to support them.

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    Blackmail celebrities. Don’t worry, I have knowledge of the future so I’d only blackmail the bad ones like P.Diddy, Musk, Jessie Eisenburg, etc.

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    Lots of images of Republican leadership fucking animals and killing babies. Audio of them selling out the country to enemies. You know, the stuff they do, but evidence.

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    Create deepfakes every day for a month, with each more incredulous then the last.

    On the last day, open source it.

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    Hook it into a perl script to automate a lot of both my job and my work email.

    I would tell nobody, but seem superhuman in terms of information I can conjure.