US Adversaries Stoke Kirk Conspiracy Theories, Researchers Warn

Source: International Business Times

Foreign influence campaigns have frequently used US political crises or natural diasters to stoke tensions, researchers say. AFP Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state media are exploiting conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination to advance thousands of false claims aimed at undermining the United States and other adversaries, a research group warned Wednesday. Official media in the three countries mentioned Kirk -- a close ally of President Donald Trump -- 6,200 times since the activist was shot dead last week during a speaking event on a Utah university campus, the disinformation watchdog NewsGuard reported citing data gathered using a social media analytics tool.