Who is behind the fake video about alleged election fraud in Georgia?

The United States has once again become the target of disinformation campaigns to interfere with elections, a plague that is affecting countries around the world. Tactics and methods are becoming more sophisticated and easily spread on social networks.

Although they are generally the product of foreign actors, they are reinforced, unfortunately, by “useful idiots” and even more unfortunately, by criminals who think it will help their cause. However, the authorities are always vigilant to detect false information and fake videos, inform the public about them and, if possible, remove them.

The last case that was discovered fake video purportedly of a Haitian man who says he voted multiple times under multiple georgia IDs.

Who is behind the fake video about alleged election fraud in Georgia?

In a joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Russian troll farms were blamed for this latest example of election meddling.

“(The intelligence community) appreciates it Russian influencers produced a recent video that falsely depicts people claiming to be from Haiti and illegally voting in several counties in Georgia.“, the message says. “This decision is based on information available to the SC and previous activities of other Russian influencers, including videos and other disinformation activities. The State Secretary of Georgia has already denied the statement about the video as false.”

While Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asked Elon Musk and the management of other social media platforms to remove the video in question from their sites, he himself posted it on his official X account. However, he explained that “This is clearly a fake, and it is probably the production of Russian troll farms. As Americans, we cannot allow our enemies to use lies to divide us and undermine faith in our institutions or in each other.”

The authorities warn of an increase in content from Russian troll farms

This was not the only example of fake videos that the intelligence community found that Russian influencers were distributing as “part of a broader effort by Moscow to raise unfounded questions about the integrity of US elections and to inflame divisions among Americans.”

Another manufactured video with false accusations “a person associated with a Democratic presidential candidate who took a bribe from a US entertainer.”

Russian troll farms are expected to survive “create and release additional media content intended to undermine confidence in the integrity of elections and divide Americans.”

This will happen not only in the days leading up to Election Day on November 5, but also in the weeks and months after the votes are submitted and counted. Election fraud is extremely rare in the United States and is vigorously prosecuted as a criminal offense.