Czechs launch anti-propaganda unit with close eye on Russia

[pangaia]

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING DUH!!

This posted by a friend in Prague on her FB wall....

"The Czech Republic has launched a special government unit to counter terrorism and “hybrid” threats such as fake news and propaganda, despite criticism from president Milos Zeman, who is known for his warm relations with Russia.
Moscow’s secret operations abroad are under intense scrutiny amid accusations that it meddled in November’s US presidential election and that Kremlin-backed hackers have infiltrated sensitive computer systems in the US and elsewhere."

"In its most recent annual report, the Czech domestic intelligence agency (BIS) said Russia was using puppet organisations and propaganda in the Czech Republic to stoke extremism and fuel anger towards the West.
The BIS concluded that these activities “pose a threat to the Czech Republic, EU and Nato” and that the “infrastructure created for achieving these goals . . . can be used to destabilise or manipulate Czech society or political environment at any time, if Russia wishes to do so”.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/czechs-launch-anti-propaganda-unit-with-close-eye-on-russia-1.2922787?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[AmericanActivist]

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