Russian voices have tried to tie Kirk’s death to U.S. support for Ukraine, even spreading a conspiracy theory that the Ukrainian government killed Kirk because of his criticism of that aid.

Pro-Iranian groups took a different tack, claiming Israel was behind Kirk’s death and that the suspect was set up to take the fall. This conspiracy theory caught on with white supremacist groups in the U.S., showing how corrosive claims can easily spread online despite oceans and linguistic and cultural barriers.

The influence campaigns come as the U.S. has rolled back government efforts to expose foreign disinformation.

On Wednesday the State Department announced it was ending its remaining efforts to counter foreign disinformation, following a decision earlier this year to shutter the Global Engagement Center, an office that had called out Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation in the past. Republicans had targeted the center and its mission because of what they said was its censorship of conservative ideas.

False and misleading claims can spread quickly following big news events as people go online to look for information. Artificial intelligence programs that can create lifelike video and audio can make it even harder to find the truth, as can AI chatbots that routinely offer up false information.

It happened again following Kirk’s killing, when misinformation about the shooting and the suspect quickly spread online.

In recent years, groups looking to spread confusion or distrust have seized on hurricanes, wars, the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters, as well as the attempted assassinations of President Donald Trump.

The details vary, but the conspiracy theories pushed by foreign adversaries all suggest American institutions — the government, the media, law enforcement, health care — are failing and can no longer be trusted, and that more violence is likely.

They always do the same.
Their lack of subtlety is outstanding

>>1438567
>Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s killing just hours after it happened
It happened all over this board non stop. Those fake bs "Tyler's a patsy" "it was groypers" all those stupid unbelievable conspiracy theories were pushed hard on this board

>>1438567
In case it wasn't obvious.
>>1438589
Oh look there's one now.

Again, for the people in the back

>On Wednesday the State Department announced it was ending its remaining efforts to counter foreign disinformation, following a decision earlier this year to shutter the Global Engagement Center, an office that had called out Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation in the past. Republicans had targeted the center and its mission because of what they said was its censorship of conservative ideas.
what an astonishing self own

>>1438567
Oh no what a shock.

>>1438606
What no how can this be.

This means Ivan is going to be twice as drunk when he shitposts here.

>>1438567
>United States is violent, polarized and dysfunctional.
>painting the U.S. as a nation of violent gun owners and political extremists.
Are they wrong though? The US have always been a bunch of war mongering savages. They love pointing out faults of other countries but any criticism of them is le disinfomation botzz

>>1438909
let me guess: german?

>>1438922
no need for me to guess that you're a seething amerishart.

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Always check X Accounts registered date. 7/10 users are Members as of August / September 2025. Blue check marks don't mean jack

>>1438934
Or you could just never go to xshitter in the first place.

>>1438567
>Laura Loomer
What is this lady famous for exactly? Why do people listen to her?

>>1439095
She gave Trump the blowjob of his life, according to her.

>Russia says that America is slipping into civil war
How are they lying? Liberals only have themselves to blame when we kick your teeth in.
>Chinks and Mudslimes help the liberals
See, that's the difference between the Russians on our side and the Chinks and Mudslimes on yours. Russians tell the truth about you, your 50-cent party and whatever Iran's is equivalent lies about us.

>>1439166
are you drunk, russia shill? you're not supposed to be this obvious

>>1439166
>we
LMAO

>>1439074
The moment that stupid website became integrated into people's way of life, seeing people literally use it to open news segments on, I knew at some point it would come back to bite us in the ass. Lo and behold.

>>1439194
>seeing people literally use it to open news segments on
Yep it's amazing how @Breaking911 and @DiscloseTV drive more traffic than vetted sources like the AP. It's actually worse than Facebook in the amount of foreign bot-driven clickbait. But Bari Weiss's fat ass will scream and cry if someone responsible tries to regulate it.

>>1439168
Polar bear bite his head when he was young. He has never been right since.

I saw the dead soldiers of Russia in Hell. They were just glad to be the fuck outta Russia. Can you blame them for that?