#foreign-influence

#foreign-influence

Breaking news from the everything app: Not everything you see on the everything app is real. This is not news to you, of course: You are a savvy internet user. But lots of other people seemed to be shocked to learn that some high-profile accounts on X, the app formerly known as Twitter, are not who they say they are: A new feature on the app lets you see (more or less)

Many of the accounts that have been revealed to be overseas are branded as pro-Trump MAGA accounts or part of Nick Fuentes's Groypers. Fans of the new feature were also quick to point out the abundance of pro-Palestinian accounts claiming to be reporting from inside Gaza or the U.S., that were in fact as far away as Australia or Indonesia.

It's long been known that X (and Twitter before it) is a major venue for foreign influence campaigns to meddle in American politics. Much of the focus has been on Russian troll farms, which the US government has targeted on several occasions. But the launch of X's About This Account feature may have revealed the scope and geographical breadth of its foreign troll problem.

Linda Sun stands accused of being a Chinese agent. She previously served as a high-ranking official at the Chinese Consulate in New York and as an aide to two New York governors, Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo. Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, are charged with money laundering and fraud. Their trial, which will take place in Brooklyn, New York, centers on their alleged years-long work as agents for China.

A South Yorkshire police spokesperson said the force had referred the investigation on because the allegations fall under Section 3 of the National Security Act, the BBC reported. Section 3 of the act deals with assisting a foreign intelligence service. An offence is committed if someone behaves in a way that intends that conduct to materially assist a foreign intelligence service in carrying out UK-related activities, or in conduct likely to assist that service.

Kirkpatrick estimated that the family has raked in more than $3 billion dollars since the start of Donald Trump's second term, with significant earnings linked to foreign investments.

Chinese, Russian and North Korean-affiliated hackers are covertly working to insert backdoor hijacks and exploits into major publicly-available software used by countless organizations, developers and governments around the world.

If there's a national security concern for institutions, we want to be partners in trying to address it, but we want to understand how our institutions can be in compliance, so that it's not a gotcha situation.

Interim US attorney Ed Martin alleges Wikipedia allows foreign operatives to manipulate information, raising questions about its compliance with nonprofit laws regarding educational purposes.