Iran has stepped up its efforts to interfere in the November election and amp up American polarization, including through hacking attempts and fake news sites aimed at the far left and far right, Microsoft researchers said Friday in a report.
The Iranian-built news networks include a site launched in October called Nio Thinker, which focused on the Israeli-Hamas war before it started to publish articles on the coming U.S. election. It takes a liberal slant, calling GOP nominee and former president Donald Trump an “opioid-pilled elephant in the MAGA china shop,” according to the report from Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center.
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