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A number of high-profile, conservative influencers in the US have said they are “victims” of an alleged Russian disinformation campaign, after the Biden administration accused Moscow of carrying out a sustained campaign to influence the outcome of November’s presidential elections.

Tim Pool and Benny Johnson published statements on Wednesday evening addressing allegations that a US content creation company they were associated with had been provided with nearly $10m from Russian state media employees to publish videos with messages in favour of Moscow’s interests and agenda, including over the war in Ukraine.

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[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago

One should add, they were willing victims of that campaign. We all remember what kind of senseless dribble they amplified that could have been discarded as false after a simple google search.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago

Are they really "victims" if they were willing and profiting? Seems like you're just an accomplice at that point.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They're only victims because they got caught. If they never got caught, they'd be happily taking Russian money everyday of the week.

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