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Misinformation and Russian-linked vote curbing attempts over unfounded terrorist threats aim to disrupt US election<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert Tait<\/a> in WashingtonTue 5 Nov 2024 17.53 ESTShare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Americans went to the polls on Tuesday against a backdrop of misinformation \u2013 much of it suspected to have originated in Russia<\/a> \u2013 as the FBI warned of fake videos and non-credible threats of terrorism aimed at disrupting the US presidential election<\/a> and discouraging voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These tensions were stoked by Donald Trump<\/a> supporters and the former US president himself. Elon Musk<\/a>, the world\u2019s richest man and Trump\u2019s most vocal surrogate<\/a>, tweeted a video<\/a> of support that appeared to reference the far-right<\/a> QAnon ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video, showing footage of the January 6\u00a0insurrection<\/a>\u00a0and featuring Van Halen\u2019s song Jump as a soundtrack, came after an earlier social media post from the entrepreneur that repeated elements of the\u00a0debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory<\/a>\u00a0from the 2016 presidential election.

\u201cThe hammer of justice is coming,\u201d read that earlier post.

The flood of untruths was fed by Trump on Tuesday as he falsely claimed he had a \u201cbig lead\u201d in opinion polls while casting doubt on the reliability of voting machines. Having already baselessly claimed that there was Democratic<\/a> \u201ccheating\u201d in Pennsylvania, the Republican<\/a> nominee said<\/a> it was \u201can outrage\u201d that it took so long to count votes in swing states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former president also took liberties with the truth in an early election day video on his Truth Social platform. In an apparent reference to transgender boxers, the video featured Trump complaining that \u201cmen could beat up women and win medals\u201d \u2013 a supposed example of how American values had collapsed under Joe Biden\u2019s presidency, which the Republican has tied to his Democratic opponent,\u00a0Kamala Harris<\/a>.

The disinformation and false statements from the Trump campaign came as voting in one key battleground state, Georgia<\/a>, already faced disruption following what appeared to be fake bomb threats against at least two polling stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The threats were made against polling stations at Etris Community Center and Gullatt elementary school in Union City, on the outskirts of Atlanta, according to Fulton county police. Union City\u2019s population is nearly 90% Black, according to the US Census Bureau, fuelling suspicions that the threats were aimed at disrupting a cohort expected to mainly vote for Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia\u2019s Republican secretary of state, told journalists that the \u201cnon-credible\u201d threats came from Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe identified the source, and it was from Russia,\u201d he said, saying he believed that the source had been a Russian troll farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re up to mischief, it seems, and they don\u2019t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election,\u201d he added. \u201cAnything that can get us to fight amongst ourselves \u2013 they can count that as a victory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further threats were later reported against polling stations in Arizona, Michigan and Maine, all of which turned out to be unfounded, officials in all three states said.

Threats were made against four polling locations in Navajo county that were discovered to be \u201cunsubstantiated\u201d, Arizona\u2019s secretary of state, Adrian Fontes, said. He also said officials believed that the threat had originated in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bomb threats were made against \u201ca few\u201d polling stations in Michigan that were found to be \u201cnon-credible\u201d, a spokesperson for Fontes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police in Maine said swatting calls were made against schools throughout the state. They said there was no danger to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bomb threats followed a warning from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Monday that Russia, Iran and China were involved in efforts at election disruption but that Russia was \u201cthe most active threat\u201d.

\u201cInfluence actors linked to Russia in particular are manufacturing videos and creating fake articles to undermine the legitimacy of the election, instill fear in voters regarding the election process, and suggest Americans are using violence against each other due to political preferences, judging from information available to the IC [intelligence community],\u201d an ODNI statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese efforts risk inciting violence, including against election officials. We anticipate Russian actors will release additional manufactured content with these themes through election day and in the days and weeks after polls close.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In line with that statement, the\u00a0FBI<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday dismissed a video \u2013 made to look like a news clip and purporting to emanate from the bureau \u2013 advising Americans to \u201cvote remotely\u201d due to a \u201chigh terror threat\u201d at polling stations.

\u201cThis video is not authentic and does not accurately represent the current threat posture or polling location safety,\u201d the bureau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also disavowed a separate video falsely depicting vote-rigging among incarcerated people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the FBI said there were \u201ctwo instances of its name and insignia being misused in promoting false narratives surrounding the election\u201d, USA Today<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second video features a fake FBI press release alleging that officials at five prisons in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona rigged voting among incarcerated people and conspired with a political party. \u201cThis video is also not authentic, and its contents are false,\u201d the FBI said.

Reprinted from The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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