G7 leaders agree to share intel on election hacking

[Sunlei]

Source: globalnews

The Group of Seven leaders are to agree on Friday to share information between themselves and work with internet service providers and social media companies to thwart foreign meddling in elections in their countries, a draft summit commitment said.


The draft, seen by Reuters, also says the G7 – the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain, Italy, Germany and France – agreed to ensure high transparency of funding for political parties and all political advertising, especially during election campaigns.


“Foreign actors seek to undermine our democratic societies and institutions, our electoral processes, our sovereignty and our security,” the G7 leaders said in the draft.


Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/4263356/g7-election-meddling/

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comments by Poppin 6/8/2018- with FOOTNOTES This is a fantastic step in the right direction.

The European Union is fighting back against Russia's disinformation campaign, Russia is actively destabilizing democracy in the West.[1] The European Union’s East StratCom Task Force was set up in response to Russia's disinformation campaign, they've done some great work.[2]


The Task Force’s flagship products are its weekly Disinformation Review of pro-Kremlin disinformation stories, its social media accounts and its new website.

In the course of two years, the Task Force has, in addition to substantially improving the EU’s outreach and positive eastward communications, developed a strong EU understanding of the tools, networks and objectives of disinformation, and raised awareness among millions, establishing itself as a leading international source of expertise on the issue. A network has been developed across the continent to identify and report disinformation, creating new channels to reach new audiences and track the most prevalent disinformation myths.

The EU vs Disinformation campaign has now identified over 3,500 disinformation cases in 18 languages. The team’s research is regularly used and quoted by politicians, governments, state agencies, researchers, think tanks and journalists across Europe and beyond.

It has become evident that the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign is an orchestrated strategy to broadcast the same false stories in as many languages as possible, through as many channels as possible and as often as possible. Russian authorities are explicit about this too, for example through the Gerasimov doctrine – the amalgamation of war and political activity – as well as in statements by top Russian generals that “false data” and “destabilising propaganda” are legitimate tools.

The aim of this disinformation campaign is to confuse, denigrate, weaken and destabilise the West by exploiting existing divisions or creating new artificial ones. Outright lies are often deployed, but another common strategy is to spread as many conflicting messages as possible, persuading the audience that there are so many versions of events that it is impossible to find the truth. Particularly obvious examples include the clear obfuscation over the downing of flight MH17, Boris Nemtsov’s assassination and the bombing of a humanitarian convoy in Syria.

Canada, the country I call home, is also susceptible to Russia's disinformation campaign.[3] A leading NATO expert has warned us that we must be prepared for Russian election interference during the 2019 Federal elections.[4] In April Prime Minister Trudeau discussed cyber attacks, in particular Russian interference, with our 5 Eye allies.[5]

Australian Intelligence agencies identified Russia as the state actor behind a series of cyber attacks that hit 400 Australian businesses as well as the UK and the U.S.[6] Great Britain is set to announce a response to Russia's aggression by proposing an international rapid response unit to counter Russian cyber attacks and assassinations.[7]

1) TIME - The E.U. Agency Fighting Russia's Wildfire of Fake News with a Hosepipe

2) Friends of Europe - THE EU RESPONSE TO PRO-KREMLIN DISINFORMATION

3) CBC - Yes, Canada is vulnerable to information cyber attacks

4) Global News - NATO expert warns of Russian meddling in Canada’s 2019 election: ‘Democracy is in trouble’

5) CBC - Trudeau talks Russian cyberattacks with Five Eyes counterparts

6) SBS News - Russia blamed after cyber attacks hit up to 400 Australian businesses

7) Reuters - UK to call for new Russia response unit at G7: Buzzfeed quoting Johnson

[Le Gaucher]

1. and Trump will leak it to Russia

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

4. How? He won't understand a word of it.

[pecosbob]

2. 'transparency of funding for political parties and all political advertising'

Don't make me laugh. Not gonna happen. The Corporocrats are just as deep in the billionaires' pockets as the Repukes.

[Sunlei]

5. obvious now globally what Leader is Putins female dog & what TV station is p(R)opaganda

[csziggy]

9. So you're saying the Democrats are as bad as the Republicans?

Then why are you on this site? Your comment goes against the stated purpose for Democratic Underground:

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[pecosbob]

10. I can't recall the last time I heard any Democratic candidate talking

about nullifying Citizen's United. Money in the political process will mean the death of Democracy in this country. Anyone that does not agree with this goal is at best unsuitable as a Democratic candidate for public office. I don't believe anyone posting on this site would ever agree that money in politics is a good thing, so my statement should not be considered an attack either on progressive values or against any particular Democratic candidate or office-holder. Honesty and transparency must be the hallmarks of the Democratic Party or we have nothing to differentiate us from the Republicans. I will continue to attempt to move the goalposts to the left and back to reality every chance I get.

[appleannie1943]

3. tRump looks mad as hell in the picture.

[Shipwack]

6. But will they share "the good stuff" with Trump? Nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. So this was, of course, the moment Trump called for Russia to rejoin the G8

What better country to invite in to a sharing of information on which hacking strategies they've detected?

[SergeStorms]

8. Trump still doesn't believe....

Putin interfered in the 2016 election. Putin has told him so, many times. So that's all there is to say about that!

Trump would file any correspondence from the G7 about that subject in the "round file" without so much as a glance.