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How Russian gender-based disinformation could influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election


States like Russia use gender-based disinformation to influence elections. Now that Kamala Harris is running for president, Americans must be aware of the disinformation they likely consume.

As the Democratic Convention gets underway in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris is increasingly vulnerable to gender-based disinformation campaigns — if she isn’t already a victim of them. A Facebook post, released by the House Intelligence Committee, of a group called Being Patriotic is seen in Washington, D.C. in February 2018, part of an elaborate Russian plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, one study found that Russian-backed accounts on Twitter (now X) spread narratives attacking feminists, claiming that they were “man-hating” ideologues who sought to suppress men’s rights.

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