As the election draws closer, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is warning that foreign actors will once again interfere.

From The Epoch Times. U.S. foreign adversaries will recruit Americans and use other tactics to influence the elections in November to advance their interests, a July 29 security update from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has warned.

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“Foreign actors continue to rely on witting and unwitting Americans to seed, promote, and add credibility to narratives that serve the foreign actors’ interests. These foreign actors seek to take advantage of these Americans to spread messaging through their channels and engagements,” according to the ODNI’s update. …

Beijing Influence Operations

The ODNI update warns that the Chinese communist regime will seek to disparage candidates that it views as threats to Beijing’s core interests. Beijing already used the same tactics in a “handful” of 2022 midterm elections where candidates from both parties were targeted, according to the update.

“The [intelligence community] is also aware that PRC influence actors are using social media to sow divisions in the United States and portray democracies as chaotic,” the update notes, using an acronym for communist China’s official name, the People’s Republic of China. …

The annual threats assessment by the U.S. intelligence community, published in February, found that the Chinese communist regime may attempt to influence the 2024 U.S. elections at some level to suppress critics and amplify societal divisions. …

Russian Campaigns

The update said the intelligence community also noted that Russia poses a threat to the November U.S. elections, as Moscow continues to employ a range of influence tactics and actors to extend its reach and produce content that impresses U.S. audiences. …

During a congressional hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee in May about “Foreign Threats to the 2024 Elections,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said, “Russia remains the most active foreign threat to our elections. The Russian government’s goals in such influence operations tend to include eroding trust in U.S. democratic institutions, exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the United States, and degrading Western support to Ukraine.”

Ms. Haines also told the committee that Beijing aims to advance support for the regime’s policy positions, and warned about the Chinese regime’s tech capabilities for their influence operations. “[T]he PRC also has a sophisticated influence apparatus through which they leverage emerging technologies, including generative AI, and they are growing increasingly confident in their ability to influence elections globally,” Ms. Haines said.

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: iStock)