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- The situation on x is severe. - rise of bots and fake accounts, automated and AI powered bots are flooding s app, and they are getting smarter. - In one study, a botnet of over 1,000 fake accounts was caught promoting crypto scams. - During a political debate, over a thousand bots pushed coordinated false claims with some accounts tweeting every two minutes. - By 02/2024, 37% of all Internet traffic came from malicious bots. - These bots now use advanced AI models like Chat to generate human like responses and interact with each other, making them nearly impossible to detect. - The platform's ad driven business model thrives on outrage and engagement. - Emotional, polarizing content gets more clicks, and bots are perfect for spreading it. - Five, real world impact. Bots distort conversations, amplify falsehoods, and manipulate public opinion. - Conclusion. How bad is it? Very bad.

Speaker 0 describes Tim Ballard as having worked with Glenn Beck to build Underground Railroad, portraying Beck as Ballard’s close ally whenever Ballard needed to break a story on child trafficking. When Ballard considered running for Senate and would have likely won with momentum after the Sound of Freedom release, attacks began, and Glenn Beck reportedly “threw him under the bus.” Speaker 0 asserts that Beck pledged allegiance to Israel, is “bought and paid for,” and “Israel's bitch,” claiming Ballard watched a video and realized this. Speaker 1 adds a claim about theSound of Freedom narrative: the child trafficking ring Ballard busted in South America, depicted in the movie, was an Israeli-run sex trafficking ring, run by Israelis. The head of that ring allegedly escaped to Portugal where a judge let him go, and nobody knows where this guy ended up. The speakers state that this is the real story of Sound of Freedom and that “It was an Israeli run sex trafficking ring,” noting that this is not told to the audience and urging others to research it. Speaker 1 then transitions to commentary on Twitter, stating that Twitter is not a free speech platform and is not an open information highway; it is a military application, a propaganda operation, highly bodied, highly artificial, highly synthetic, and manipulated. They acknowledge using it daily but emphasize that not everything is as it seems on the platform. They caution that prominent accounts cannot be taken at face value because campaigns are run, the algorithm is manipulated, and there are bots and unauthentic accounts. The speakers urge awareness of the battlefield on which Twitter is engaged, and advise developing a wary eye toward content, encouraging audiences to examine profiles, retweets, boosts, follows, and networks to understand who is using the same messaging and why.

The speaker claims the Russia-Ukraine war is an extension of Russiagate, which desensitized the Democratic party to hating Russia. According to the speaker, Democrats needed an explanation for Trump's victory besides their own failures, and initially blamed Cambridge Analytica. When that didn't satisfy, the "Russia narrative" emerged. The speaker says Russiagate led Democrats to view Russia negatively, beyond a normal Western perspective, as if Trump were a Kremlin attaché. Thus, after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the Democrat party, formerly anti-war, showed a subdued response to funding the war. The speaker suggests this is because Putin became an acceptable villain, conflated with Trump, due to Russiagate. Another speaker adds that many were pro-Russia when it was Soviet because it was anti-Christian, but turned against it when it became Orthodox again. The speaker concludes that skepticism about sending money to Ukraine, once a left-wing position, was subdued because Putin became an acceptable villain for the Democrat party.

McCarthy accuses the US of being infiltrated by foreign forces, specifically Russian-linked Twitter accounts. These accounts, allegedly connected to bots and trolls, are said to be impersonating Americans and spreading false information. The Russian influence tracker, Hamilton 68, monitors these networks and their impact on social media. The release of the Nunes memo was heavily promoted by Russian bots, with the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo trending. Russian bots have also been involved in manipulating discussions around the Parkland shooting. The goal of these bots is to create political discord and influence public opinion. McCarthy's investigation into the 600 Russian-linked accounts has sparked controversy and raised concerns about Russian interference in US politics.

Speaker 0 and Speaker 1 discuss a network of alleged influence surrounding Tim Ballard, Glenn Beck, and broader geopolitical insinuations, tying activism and media narratives to covert operations and manipulation. Speaker 0 recalls meeting Tim Ballard during a period when he was pursuing controversial legal matters, noting that Glenn Beck helped him build Underground Railroad and was Ballard’s close ally for breaking stories on child trafficking. When Ballard contemplated a dash for political office (senate or congress) and was poised to win after the Sound of Freedom release, Speaker 0 says the attacks against him began. He claims that Glenn Beck subsequently “threw him under the bus,” and quotes his own video response to Ballard’s reaction, arguing that Beck’s loyalty had changed because Beck was “pledging allegiance to Israel,” implying he was bought and paid for and controlled by intelligence agencies. The point is that Beck was not Ballard’s friend, according to Speaker 0, who shows Ballard a video to illustrate this shift. Speaker 1 adds a specific counter-narrative about the Sound of Freedom story. He asserts that the child trafficking ring Tim Ballard exposed in South America, depicted in the film, was actually Israeli-run. He claims the ring was “run by Israelis,” and that its head escaped to Portugal, where a judge released him, after which no traceable location remains. Speaker 1 emphasizes that this is the real story behind Sound of Freedom and asserts that the truth is not told to audiences, urging listeners to research independently to uncover that the ring was Israeli-run. He reiterates the theme that “it’s always them” and that “it always comes back to them.” Speaker 1 shifts to a broader media warning about Twitter, stating that it is not a free speech platform but “a military application,” a propaganda operation that is highly artificial, synthetic, and manipulated. He clarifies that he uses Twitter but urges users to recognize that not everything on the platform is as it seems. He warns that big accounts may be part of campaigns, with paid boosts, manipulated algorithms, bots, and unauthentic accounts. The advisory is to be aware of the battlefield on which users engage, not to abandon the platform, but to be more discerning. He urges readers to develop a wary eye toward others by examining profiles, feeds, retweets, boosts, networks, and who is using the same messaging. Speaker 0 closes by reiterating the pattern of attention, influence, and alleged manipulation that ties these figures and narratives together, suggesting a recurring causal link between entertainment media, political ambition, and covert agendas.

Speaker 0: When I first met Tim Ballard, he was in this wild legal fight, and Glenn Beck helped him build Underground Railroad. They were best friends. Whenever Sam or Tim needed to break a story about child trafficking, Glenn Beck was “his fucking dude.” Then Tim was considering running for Senate or Congress, and with the momentum from Sound of Freedom, he seemed like a shoo-in, and he was set to upset some politician. After those attacks began, Glenn Beck “threw him under the bus,” and Tim told me, “I can’t believe that Glenn would fucking do that to me.” That exact video I showed him—Tim’s friend pledging allegiance to Israel, “he’s bought and paid for,” “not your friend,” “controlled by our intelligence agencies,” “Israel’s bitch.” Tim watched that one video and said, “holy fuck.” Speaker 1: Ryan, you might know this—the child ring Tim Ballard busted up in South America, depicted in Sound of Freedom, was Israeli-run. It was run by Israelis. The head of that ring escaped to Portugal, where a judge basically let him go, and nobody knows where that guy ended up. That’s the real story of Sound of Freedom: an Israeli-run sex-trafficking ring. You’re not told that. Do research and find out about it. That’s who was running the ring. So there’s a lot of interconnection—it's always them, man. It always comes back to them. It seems to always come back to them. It’s like 6,000,000 to one odds. Speaker 0: Every single time. Every single time. It’s strange how that happens. But you wanna wrap it up, Sam? Speaker 1: Yeah. Let’s wrap it up. Listen, everybody. Twitter is not a free speech platform. It is not an open, super highway of information. It is a military application. It is a propaganda operation. It is highly bodied, highly artificial, highly synthetic and manipulated. I’m not saying don’t use it; I use it every day. We absolutely must use it as best we can, but I need everybody to be aware that not everything is as it seems on this platform. You cannot take this platform at face value. Many of the big accounts you see mainstream through your feed aren’t to be taken at face value. They’re running campaigns, being paid, boosted, the algorithm manipulated, with bots and unauthentic accounts. You must be aware of the battlefield you’re engaging on. And I’m not saying you should leave. On the contrary, I want you here, battling. But it’s not what it seems. There’s a lot of smoke and mirrors, shadows, espionage, and spy games on this platform, and you need to be savvy. Don’t develop mistrust of everybody, but develop a wary eye. Look at people’s Twitter profiles, scroll through their feeds, see who they’re retweeting, who they’re boosting, who they’re following, who their networks are, who’s using the same message.

Speakers discuss the severity and novelty of threats to the United States’ political system, focusing on Russian interference and the digital domain. - All acknowledge that the country faced a cataclysmic disruption to its political system that is unlike prior experiences. Speaker 2 notes, as a Vietnam veteran, that fundamental institutions were jeopardized then but proved resilient, and expresses hope for a similar outcome now. - Speaker 1 emphasizes two points: (1) Vladimir Putin’s determination to shape political landscapes inside Russia and abroad, and (2) the consequential role of the digital domain, which allowed Russian intelligence to exploit and manipulate more effectively, culminating in the twenty sixteen election. - They note that Russian interference historically involved exploiting elections, but never with such aggression, directness, or multidimensional methods. The Internet and modern technology serve as a huge enabler for influencing opinion and undermining fundamental systems. - There is a discussion of whether this manipulation was unforeseen. Speaker 2 indicates it goes back to the Soviet era with attempts to influence elections, but the magnitude in twenty sixteen was unprecedented. The digital environment provides malefactors with more opportunities to attack and influence. - The panel explains active measures as fabricating or propagating stories (even patently false ones) to advance a narrative, color perceptions, and lend legitimacy to political actors. They note that the Russians focused on specific voter blocks in states like Wisconsin and Michigan, with estimates that 70,000–80,000 votes could have swung the election. - They discuss methods beyond information operations, including collecting information (e.g., DNC and DCCC email breaches) and money-related tactics: money laundering, disguising funding sources for political actions, and potential extortion or blackmail. They stress that collusion is a tool in the Russians’ kit and that they recruit or exploit individuals where openings exist. - Following the money is highlighted as essential across national security domains; FBI financial investigators and intelligence analysts play key roles, and there is confidence that Mueller and others will trace financial pathways to uncover motivations. - The distinction between cyber warfare and conventional warfare is acknowledged: there are no tanks or planes, but the cyber realm constitutes a war for democracy. A robust response is needed to strengthen the cyber environment, including proposals for a congressional independent commission to assess and strategize future protections, involving engineers, technologists, scientists, and private sector input. - They reflect on why the nation did not respond with the immediacy seen after physical attacks (e.g., 9/11). The lack of a physical rubble-like trigger makes cyber threats harder to mobilize a national response. Leadership issues are cited: when the White House diminishes the CIA, FBI, NSA, or intelligence and law enforcement, it undermines efforts to address the threat. - They recount briefings to the president-elect in January, noting high confidence levels in assessments that did not rely on the dossier; the bigger concern is a perceived indifference to the Russian threat and the denigration of security institutions. - They stress the importance of institutional integrity: the press, law enforcement, and intelligence are pillars of democracy, and denigration of these institutions undermines U.S. credibility abroad. They advocate for stronger checks and balances and reiterate their commitment to truthful reporting and protecting the country. - The speakers, experienced and apolitical, emphasize loyalty to the Constitution and the need for decisive leadership and sustained commitment to democratic institutions, despite political challenges. They conclude with a solemn commitment to safeguard the country and its democratic framework.

A website called Hamilton Sixty Eight was created to track Russian accounts. The speaker asserts that the website identifies current Russian bots that are disseminating information. The speaker questions the accuracy of this claim, stating, "That's bull."

We created the website Hamilton 68 to track Russian accounts. There are Russian bots spreading misinformation on our website.

Speaker 0 argues that it is all election interference, claiming they love to talk about disinformation and democracy, and that it's all disinformation. They say those people are great at cheating on elections and great at misinformation, disinformation. They claim these people are weaponizing the DOJ and the FBI, our election systems, and attacking free speech, and they're going into the states.

The Russians have weaponized social media by manipulating public opinion through biased or fake stories. However, domestic disinformation is also a significant issue. In 2016, the Russian efforts may not have been very sophisticated, but they learned that they don't need to create content themselves as there are people in the US who will do it. There were two types of disinformation attacks in 2016, with the Internet Research Agency taking over existing groups in the US and pushing radical positions. While foreign influence gets a lot of attention, the majority of problems in the information environment are domestic. The domestic threat of disinformation is considered the most significant immediate threat to the 2020 election.

Speaker 0 says the first part was about the propaganda. 'Oh, the propaganda? Well, look. No. I think that we've not been winning it, to put it mildly.' He claims there are 'vast forces that are right against us,' including 'the algorithms of the social network that are driving a lot of everything else.' He adds that 'the people who really know, and they're the foremost foremost people in this field in the world,' are telling him that 'about 60% of the responses on the social media are bots. They can categorically say they're bots.' He emphasizes the scale of opposition and cites bots on social media.

The speaker alleges that it is “all election interference” and that they are “great at cheating on elections, and they're great at misinformation, disinformation” (described as similar, but not the same). The speaker further claims that “they're weaponizing the DOJ and the FBI, our election systems, and attacking free speech, and they're also going into the states.”

Speaker 0 questions the idea that Doctor Fauci is involved in a plot to kill millions, seeking clarity on the claim. Speaker 1 says they are reasonable and that Fauci is not an innocent bystander; he is aware of what he’s doing, but the extent of involvement is not known to them. Speaker 2 cites the Center for Countering Digital Hate, stating Dirashad Bhattar is one of the top spreaders of COVID disinformation, once with more than a million followers. Bhattar allegedly claimed “More people are dying from the COVID vaccine than from COVID,” and that “the Red Cross won’t accept blood from people who have had the COVID nineteen vaccine.” He posted that “most who took COVID vaccines will be dead by 2025,” and promoted the overarching conspiracy that COVID was a planned operation as part of a secret global plot to depopulate the earth. Speaker 0 asks if Speaker 2 believes the pandemic was planned; Speaker 2 confirms there is a suspicion of a plan to reduce the population, though Speaker 1 says they have no idea. Speaker 2 criticizes Bhattar, saying it would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous and that Qatar (Qatar’s commentary) compares COVID and the vaccine to World War II and Doctor Anthony Fauci to Adolf Hitler. Speaker 1 pushes back by asking to what extent Fauci would be equated with Hitler. Speaker 3 asserts that lies cost lives in a pandemic, and that encouraging people not to vaccinate will cause people to lose their lives. Speaker 2 describes Qatar as encouraging distrust of life-saving vaccines and using false, twisted information and unproven conspiracies to do so. Speaker 0 asks if the COVID vaccine works. Speaker 1 states the vaccine is very effective at what it was designed for, but “it’s not preventing death. Certainly not.” Speaker 2 contradicts, claiming that Bhattar believes life-saving vaccines are more dangerous than the virus itself, and Speaker 1 asks why the vaccine would cause more deaths than the problem itself, noting 6,340,000,000 doses administered. Speaker 0 requests the completion of a sentence about what each vaccine is geared up for, but Speaker 1 says he’s not a vaccine developer and mentions “Scientific corruption.” Speaker 2 notes Qatar has been removed from Facebook and Instagram due to disinformation but remains on Twitter, Telegram, and his own site, filled with falsehoods. Speaker 0 recalls a September 5 retweet of a doctored AstraZeneca packaging photo suggesting the vaccine was made in 2018; Speaker 1 says the photo was perhaps fake, and questions why Speaker 0 would challenge the agencies that have caused deaths. Speaker 0 argues it’s reasonable to question agencies, noting Speaker 1 had 1,200,000 followers who received false information; Speaker 1 admits if a tweet with a doctor’s photo was sent in error, it was a mistake, and he cannot make mistakes on the numbers. Speaker 2 notes vaccine studies showing vaccines remain ninety percent effective in preventing hospitalization and death, while Qatar claims the vaccine is the danger. Speaker 1 counters that thousands are dying and the delta variant is “vaccine injured,” citing CDC data, which Speaker 0 disputes as not true. Speaker 1 asserts he does not want to be part of a mass genocide and suggests this era will be remembered as a worst time in history, even worse than World War II. Speaker 0 concludes by calling Speaker 1 crazy. Speaker 2 ends with a reference to North Carolina’s Board of Medicine reprimanding someone prior to COVID.

There was a coordinated campaign by elite institutions in America to delegitimize Donald Trump. They portrayed him as a stooge of Vladimir Putin and spread disinformation about his election. However, the Russian interference in the 2016 election was exaggerated, with minimal effect. Organizations like the International Fact Checking Network and the Hamilton 68 dashboard claimed that fake news caused the election outcome and installed themselves as compliance cadres within platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Twitter executives, including Yoel Roth, who reviewed the Hamilton 68 dashboard, knew that the accusations were baseless but kept quiet. The mainstream press largely ignored this information, allowing the exaggerated narrative to become the official one.

Speaker 0 is being accused of spreading a Russian plan, but this claim is dismissed by both parties and former heads of the CIA. The accusation is considered garbage and not believed by anyone, including Speaker 0's friend Bernie.

The Russians have weaponized social media by manipulating public opinion through biased or fake stories. However, domestic disinformation is also a significant issue. In 2016, the Russian efforts may not have been very sophisticated, but they learned that they don't need to create the content themselves as there are people in the US who will do it. There were two types of disinformation attacks in 2016: the Internet Research Agency created personas to take over existing US groups and push radical positions. However, the majority of these problems are domestic, related to how we interact online, political speech, amplification, and how politicians use platforms. The domestic threat of disinformation is the most significant immediate threat to the 2020 election.

Sam: I hope that someday anybody who’s gone over there and touched that wall will never be able to walk out in public without hanging their head in shame ever again. Brian: It’s funny, Sam, because Tim Ballard was going through crazy lawfare. Glenn Beck helped him build underground railroad—they were best friends. When Sam needed or Tim needed to break a story about child trafficking, Glenn Beck was his guy. Then, when Tim was considering running for senate (or congress) and would have momentum after the Sound of Freedom release, attacks started. Glenn Beck threw him under the bus, and Sam shows him a video where Beck pledges allegiance to Israel; he’s bought and paid for, not Tim’s friend, controlled by our intelligence agencies, Israel’s bitch. He watched that video and was shocked. Sam: Brian, you probably know this. Most people don’t know this. The child ring Tim Ballard busted up in South America, the one portrayed in Sound of Freedom, was Israeli-run. It was run by Israelis. The head of that ring escaped to Portugal where a judge let him go, and nobody knows where he ended up. So that’s the real story of Sound of Freedom. It was an Israeli-run sex trafficking ring. You’re not told that. You should go research and find out who was running the ring. So a lot of intro—it’s always them, man. It always comes back to them. Brian: Every single time. Every single time. It’s like 6,000,000 to 1 odds. You know? It’s just strange how that happens. But you wanna wrap it up, Sam? Sam: Yeah. Let’s wrap it up. Listen, everybody. Twitter is not an open, superhighway of information. It is a military application. It is a propaganda operation. It is highly bodied, highly artificial, highly synthetic and manipulated. And I’m not saying don’t use it. I use it every day. We absolutely must use it as best we can. But I need everybody to be aware that not everything is as it seems on this platform. You cannot take this platform at face value. Many of the big accounts that these mainstream accounts you see coming through your feed, you cannot take them at face value. You must be aware that they’re running campaigns. They’re being paid. They’re boosted. The algorithm is being manipulated. There are bots and unauthentic accounts and fake accounts. You must be aware of the battlefield on which you’re engaging. I’m not telling you to go leave. On the contrary, I want you here, battling, but it is not what it seems. There’s a lot of smoke and mirrors and shadows and espionage and spy games on this platform. You really need to be aware of that. You need to get savvy to it. And I don’t want you to develop a mistrust of everybody. I want you to develop a more wary eye of what’s going on. I want you to look at people’s Twitter profiles. Scroll through their feeds and see who they’re retweeting, who they’re boosting, who they’re following, who their little networks are, who’s using the same messaging. Why? Brian: Because— Sam: they...

The discussion centers on allegations of foreign and domestic interference in the 2020 U.S. election and related vulnerabilities in mail-in voting. - A 2020 FBI intelligence memo warned that China might have been sending fake driver’s licenses into the U.S. to create fake mail-in ballots intended to help Joe Biden win. The memo, reportedly corroborated by licenses intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Chicago, was allegedly dismissed and not investigated because it would reflect badly on Trump. There are claims that intelligence reports were requested to be destroyed under federal records rules to prevent leaks before the election, as the memo allegedly indicated China preferred Joe Biden over Donald Trump. - A 60 Minutes segment quoted the head of Homeland Security’s cyber security division stating there were no foreign intrusions in the 2020 election, which is asserted as false by the speakers, citing later indictments of Iranians in Manhattan in 2021 for interfering in the election by hacking a state database to obtain voter IDs used in a malinformation operation. - In Colorado, it is claimed that 670 Dominion passwords from 63 out of 64 counties were exposed on the secretary of state’s public website since June, and that these passwords were known to Secretary of State Jenna Griswold during a trial but not disclosed to clerks. There are accusations that this could imply compromised elections, referencing fraudulent activity in Mesa County and asserting that passwords beyond Colorado were involved with Dominion machines. Dominion’s Colorado base is noted, with a claim that Dominion also has ties to Serbia. A video referenced by Gary Brunson is suggested to support these claims about the origins of the electoral manipulation. - A video and related claims allege a connection to a 30-year CIA whistleblower and trace the origins of the alleged election manipulation to Venezuela and Hugo Chávez, tying in references to Patrick Byrne and broader alleged corruption. - The speakers assert there was a second country deeply involved in meddling in the election, with FBI involvement in August 2020 in recognizing a Chinese operation to mass-produce fake U.S. driver’s licenses and mail-in ballots to influence the election in favor of Biden, describing the operation as designed to help Biden beat Trump. Customs and Border Protection reportedly intercepted 20,000 fake driver’s licenses, corroborating the intelligence, while the Biden administration and the Chris Wray-led FBI allegedly covered this up for five years until the document was provided to Chuck Grassley by Kash Patel. - It is claimed that China viewed mail-in ballots as an enormous vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic, exploiting the weakness in the system, and that this concern remains for states lacking strong mail-in voting security. - Additional notes include a claim that there were tightened voting laws in several states post-2020, with increased confidence in the system where tightened; an arrest by HSI Miami and partners of a permanent resident Haitian national for unlawful voting and casting a false ballot; and estimates that 130,000 to 280,000 completed ballots were shipped from Bethpage, New York to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with the trailer disappearing. - The final claim references tens of thousands of fake voters having illegally cast ballots in the November election, implying broad down-ballot effects across Senate, Congress, and local elections.

Russian bots are everywhere. Russian-linked accounts are bots. Hamilton 68 knows they're Russian bots. The whole thing was a fraud.

The speaker works with the German Marshall Fund and a group that tracks Russian activities, aiming for transparency. Hamilton 68, also involving General Hayden, is a resource to monitor Russian trolls and bot armies. The goal is to provide public access to this information, enabling informed decision-making. The speaker jokingly comments on General Hayden's improved appearance. The website is Hamilton68.com.

The Russians weaponized social media by manipulating public opinion with biased or fake stories. Domestic disinformation is a bigger issue than foreign efforts. In 2016, the Russian content wasn't very persuasive, but they learned they could use existing US content. The focus should shift from foreign to domestic disinformation, as most problems stem from how we interact online and the norms around political speech. The biggest threat to the 2020 election is domestic disinformation, not foreign influence. The impact of foreign interference is minimal compared to the overwhelming domestic disinformation in the US landscape.

We created a website called Hamilton 68 to track Russian accounts. Our website shows that there are currently Russian bots spreading information.

During the debate, Speaker 0 accuses Speaker 1 of lying about a Russian plan and claims that there is overwhelming evidence of Russian engagement. Speaker 1 denies these allegations, stating that intelligence agencies and former heads of the CIA have called it garbage. Speaker 0 also accuses the FBI of cheating by telling Facebook and Twitter what to do. Speaker 2 believes that the objective is to stop Donald Trump and what he represents in the political process. Speaker 0 concludes by accusing Joe Biden of lying about a major scandal, calling it cheating and election interference on an unprecedented scale.

The speaker works with the German Marshall Fund, which tracks Russian activities. The speaker directs the audience to hamilton68.com, a site created to monitor Russian trolls and bot armies. The goal is to provide the public with information to help them distinguish between legitimate speech and speech originating outside the country intended to create chaos. The speaker acknowledges the difficulty the country will face in discerning the origins and intent of different types of speech.