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A federal grand jury in Washington, DC has indicted 13 Russian nationals and a Kremlin-linked internet firm on charges that they had meddled in the 2016 presidential election.
The US government said Russian entities began interfering in US political processes, including the 2016 presidential election, as early as 2014, according to a court document.
[...] The charges – which include conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft – are the most direct allegations to date of illegal Russian meddling in the election.
Link to the Indictment: https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download
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Mueller Investigation: Thirteen Russians Charged With Interfering in US Election
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @08:05PM (8 children)
Why did we have to post an article on this subject and give the trolls an opportunity to muddy the waters on this topic? It's tech related only in that tech was used, otherwise this is only political. Boo.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 19 2018, @09:02PM (5 children)
I take the opposite position, bringing this up also gives a chance for real people to address the trolls. Politics and tech intersect a lot these days, and we do have an obligation to speak up about how our favorite tools are used.
So far I'm seeing good discussions, with the trolls being incredibly obvious. "News for nerds, stuff that matters" pretty much encompasses this article. Tech angle? Check. Stuff a lot of users here care about? Check. User whining about politics on a tech site? Check. Yup, I typed in the right domain.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Tuesday February 20 2018, @02:54AM
A very interesting point. And a timely one. Jessica Rosenworcel [wikipedia.org] gave a speech on a related topic a couple weeks ago at the "State of The Net" conference [c-span.org].
This kind of stuff *is* a big deal, as it seeks to deligitimize and weaken our social and political institutions. While we certainly do have issues with those, allowing bad actors to attempt to destroy our society isn't the answer. Rather Loud voices, action and concerted efforts to strengthen and clean up those institutions is what is required.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @03:24AM (3 children)
Know of any good online Russian language courses?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 20 2018, @06:48AM (1 child)
No need, they speak english quite well. I bet a lot of them wear MAGA hats to get in character and laugh around the office.
I bet they even play a variation of "cowboys and indians" except they call it "cucks and alphas".
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday February 20 2018, @07:56AM
Yeah, but when they laugh, they laugh in Russian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday February 20 2018, @10:03PM
Pimsleur is excellent, the best i have ever encountered. When you get more advanced, netflix has several series and movies in russian.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by meustrus on Monday February 19 2018, @10:22PM
Because if you don't give people an outlet, the political discussion ends up splattered all over the tech stories.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Tuesday February 20 2018, @06:02AM
These stories are for registered users to blow all their unused mod points at the end of the day. Nothing here for ACs, sorry.