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A former Florida sheriff who moved to Russia amid an FBI investigation is a Kremlin-backed propagandist responsible for viral deepfake videos and misinformation targeting Kamala Harris’s campaign, according to European intelligence documents reviewed by the Washington Post.

The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, gave funding to John Mark Dougan, the operator of several fake news websites. According to documents reviewed by the Post, Dugan was responsible for several websites that seemingly published fake local news, including DC Weekly, Chicago Chronicle, and Atlanta Observer.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

What always catches me off guard about these types of reports is that someone had time to work a normal job and then also manage a completely separate job. Did they do nothing but work? Was the money worth it?

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Whenever I read about this stuff it seems to be such a paltry sum, like $10k. I don't understand why someone would do it for so little.

If I'm betraying my country, I want at least my own fully staffed super yacht.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

That's not a lot to Americans, but it's good living for Russians.

Remember when Fucker Carlson went to Russia and was bragging about how cheap his staged grocery bill was? Turns out that would have been about a month's pay for an average Russian.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 4 points 3 weeks ago

Do they... negotiate these things? Is there like, contract bidding?

I suspect the reality is they find people who are already doing this kind of shit on their own and offer to pay them to keep doing it.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What makes you think he has two jobs? He's a former Florida sheriff who, according the the article, "moved to Russia amid an FBI investigation" and is now a Kremlin-backed propagandist.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I didn’t catch that the “former” part of the article headline.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not sure whether I hope they don't have kids or I hope they're neglecting them.