logo
welcome
Wired

Wired

Russian Propaganda Unit Appears to Be Behind Spread of False Tim Walz Sexual Abuse Claims

Wired
Summary
Nutrition label

58% Informative

Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz sexually assaulted one of his former students.

Experts believe the campaign is tied to a Russian -aligned propaganda network called Storm-1516 .

The network has a long history of posting fake whistleblower videos and often deepfake videos to push Kremlin talking points to the West .

Black Insurrectionist account is anonymous and launched a year ago ; its followers include Donald Trump , Jr. and former Trump adviser Roger Stone .

The claims were widely debunked by multiple fact-checking and media organizations.

The posts have also caught the attention of the wider MAGA universe in a way that Dougan ’s initial claims didn’t.

VR Score

38

Informative language

25

Neutral language

23

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

59

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

16

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20240923-debunking-the-abc-news-whistleblower-claimshttps://cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com/is/content/microsoftcorp/microsoft/msc/documents/presentations/CSR/MTAC-Election-Report-4.pdfhttps://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%201-m&geo=US&q=tim%20walz%20pedophile&hl=en-GBhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/presidential-debate-abc-whistleblower-car-crash/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/abc-news-affidavit-whistleblower-tony-west-bill-ackman-kamala-harris/https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/09/17/russian-election-interference-efforts-focus-on-the-harris-walz-campaign/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/a-maga-conspiracist-is-trying-to-launch-a-lurid-lie-about-tim-walz-and-its-working/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/business/mark-dougan-russia-disinformation.htmlhttps://osce.usmission.gov/on-the-russian-federations-malign-activities-and-interference-in-the-osce-region/https://x.com/AgentSelf99B/status/1845851348727677162https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-hit-and-run-story-stems-unreliable-website-2024-09-20/https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.htmlhttps://www.recordedfuture.com/research/russia-linked-copycop-uses-llms-to-weaponize-influence-content-at-scalehttps://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%201-m&geo=US&q=tim%20walz%20abuse&hl=en-GBhttps://gnidaproject.substack.com/https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/unverified-grooming-accusation-against

Affiliate links

no affiliate links