Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms

Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms

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https://apnews.com/792fefb2ff9846b98c4a406bbbd21c27

NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris has been the target of social media misinformation campaigns since she became a U.S. senator.

Every month for the last 18 months, her office has discovered on average between three and five fake Facebook profiles pretending to be hers, according to a Harris aide. It's unclear who creates the pages, which are often designed to mislead American voters about the ambitious Democratic senator's policies and positions.

Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms

Aug 3, 2018, 5:19am UTC
https://apnews.com/792fefb2ff9846b98c4a406bbbd21c27 > NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris has been the target of social media misinformation campaigns since she became a U.S. senator. > Every month for the last 18 months, her office has discovered on average between three and five fake Facebook profiles pretending to be hers, according to a Harris aide. It's unclear who creates the pages, which are often designed to mislead American voters about the ambitious Democratic senator's policies and positions.