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NPR: FBI reports new hoax videos, after warnings that Russia is trying to undermine election
Shannon Bond of NPR reports on FBI warnings of Russian attempts to undermine the election.
On Tuesday evening, the FBI called out three fake videos and press releases, which it says are the latest in a series “designed to mislead the American public” about the 2024 election.
The hoaxes include a fabricated statement from the FBI to journalists and bloggers “against publishing information about violence at polling stations,” claiming that doing so could provoke more such incidents.
Another fake is a video impersonating the FBI and another federal agency, making a joint statement suggesting schools suspend in-person classes through Nov. 11 because “the risk of school shooting and riots has increased significantly” due to the election.
A third fake video claims the bureau received “9,000 complaints about malfunctioning voting machines” that were allegedly submitting votes for one candidate.
The FBI said in each case, the fake is “not authentic, is not from the FBI, and its contents are false.”