US Intelligence Officials Warn of 2018 Election Disruptions
After concluding that Russian hacking and misinformation campaigns were a coordinated effort to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, top American intelligence officials agree that it’s happening again. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats promised that despite a “pervasive” Russian campaign to influence November midterms, U.S. authorities are “doing everything we can to have a legitimate election.
” Meanwhile, the EU announced plans for a bloc-wide campaign to combat voter manipulation, hoping to coordinate national governments to fight against maliciously spread fake news and misinformation ahead of May’s European parliamentary elections.
Sources: WSJ (sub), The Guardian