The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have put out a warning about foreign actors pushing 2022 midterm election “misinformation”, encouraging people to flag “disinformation” to social media platforms.
“If appropriate, make use of in-platform tools offered by social media companies for reporting elections related disinformation”, the report, released by CISA reads.
The FBI has warned about election-related disinformation being promoted by operatives for the Chinese and Russian governments ahead of the midterm elections in November.
The disinformation involves amplifying conversations that Americans are already having on social media, not creating new content, an official from the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force told the press.
The FBI is currently being sued for withholding records of communications with Facebook about the Hunter Biden laptop story during the last presidential election.
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