FBI warns against two fake videos as it combats election disinformation

The Manila Times

FBI warns against two fake videos as it combats election disinformation  The FBI on Tuesday, November 5 warned Americans about two new fake videos falsely citing terror threats and voter fraud, the latest in a string of disinformation that officials expect will intensify as voters head to the polls on Election Day and in the weeks afterward.  One fabricated video purporting to be from the federal law enforcement agency falsely cited a high terror threat and urged Americans to "vote remotely," while another video includes a fake press release alleging to be from the agency and alleging rigged voting among inmates in five prisons.  Both are "not authentic," the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement, "Attempts to deceive the public with false content about FBI threat assessments and activities aim to undermine our democratic process and erode trust in the electoral system."  US intelligence agencies have also said this year's contest faces an unprecedented disinformation campaign from foreign adversaries and that Russia and others aim to fan divisive narratives amid the election, an accusation Russia has denied.  REUTERS/FBI HANDOUT / SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #kamalaharris #donaldtrump #fbi #uselections2024

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00:00We are running the national election command post in the SIOC, Strategic Information Operations

00:22Center, where we will be operating command posts for the next week.

00:26So information arrives here to our command post from either our tip line, it can come

00:31in through NTOC, or it can come in through our field offices, either directly to our

00:36field offices or through state or local law enforcement or election partners in the states.

00:44We assess the information, we triage it, we run it through our indices, we share it with

00:50our partner agencies, and we talk to DOJ to assess that information and see if there

00:56is a violation of federal law.

00:59If there is, we action it.

01:01If there is or isn't a violation of federal law, we still share that with our field offices.

01:08So we're going to send that back out to the 55 field offices, wherever that information

01:12originated from, share it with them, and we'll ask them to share it with their state or local

01:17partners.

01:19We feel like we're well-positioned to handle and triage information over the last few years.

01:27And we're going to go through a process.

01:28We're going to take the information that comes in, we're going to take it through our process,

01:32and we're going to share that information.

01:35And so we've grown our response, and we have best practices.

01:42So after every election, we look at it, we do an after-action assessment to see what

01:46we did well, what we didn't do well, and then we make a recommendation in writing for

01:52the next command post in two years, for the next federal election in place.

01:57We've identified the right people at the different agencies.

02:00We've developed those partnerships.

02:02Command post posture has changed from one election to the other.

02:05And that's what we're doing in the National Election Command Post here at Headquarters.

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