Russia, China and Iran influence the intermediate elections to the US Congress - FBI

The explosion of conspiracy theories is observed on the eve of the intermediate November elections to Congress. Russia is trying to strengthen discussions on social networks, not create new content, commented on the FBI target group on foreign influence. FBI representatives have paid attention to the recent Facebook closure from China. There were published memes that ridicule the American leader Joe Baiden and Republican Senator Marco Rubio.

China will interfere with candidates who are hostile to Beijing, said Associated Press. According to the FBI staff, China will not focus on the election results, but on the formation of false political prospects at the state and local levels. American intelligence officers say that after Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the governments of some countries have shown interest in changing public opinion in the United States.

Iranian influence groups change narratives about the honesty of elections in the United States and act inventively, recognizes a high -ranking intelligence officer. Tehran -related teams issued themselves as a very right non -fascist men's Proud Boys during the US President's election in 2020, winning Joe Biden. According to the FBI, the Iranians thought to create a website and call for violence against representatives of the state election commission.

It is difficult for US special services to work with foreign agents of influence through a difficult political situation in the United States. The candidates themselves doubt the honesty of the elections, recognize the sources surveyed. According to a representative of the FBI cyber department, there are no hacking campaigns, specially aimed at the intermediate elections in Congress.

The FBI is concerned that the attackers can spread and strengthen false information about the electoral process, the official said. "It is important for Americans to understand that such statements will not prevent them from vote," the interlocutor of the TV channel said. Recall that META experts have recently eliminated a Russian network for misinformation in Europe. The Russian Federation has created about 60 fake sites, including leading foreign media.