Russia Today

Why Russia's broadcaster RT turned to covertly funding American pro-Trump influencers

5:00am September 26, 2024

RT was long known to be a source of Russian propaganda. But a recent indictment of two employees for covertly funneling $10 million to pro-Trump influencers shines a light on its covert activities.

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Under Twitter CEO Elon Musk, the company has stopped its previous practice of limiting the spread of tweets from Russian, Chinese and Iranian government media accounts.

World News

Twitter once muzzled Russian and Chinese state propaganda. That's over now

4:28pm April 21, 2023

by Dara Kerr

The company used "visibility filtering rules" in order to curtail propaganda and misinformation. Under Elon Musk, those guidelines have been discarded.

Facebook's decision to label state-controlled media is part of an effort to take a more assertive stance against misinformation in advance of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Politics & Government

Facebook Begins Labeling 'State-Controlled' Media

9:29pm June 04, 2020

by Shannon Bond

The social network is flagging publishers it says are under 'editorial control' of governments, as part of efforts to secure its platform against foreign influence campaigns.

The show Current Time prepares to go on air in Washington, D.C.. The show is a joint production of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe and is among 10 U.S. outlets designated as foreign agents by Moscow on Tuesday.

Russia Slaps Restrictions On 'Voice Of America' And 'Radio Free Europe'

6:55am December 05, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Moscow has made it clear that the move comes in direct retaliation for the U.S. Justice Department's decision to require the Kremlin-funded RT America to register as a "foreign agent."

RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan is seen with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremlin's first deputy chief of staff, Alexei Gromov, as they marked RT's 10th anniversary in Moscow in 2015.

TV Company Linked To Russia's RT America Registers As Foreign Agent In U.S.

12:29pm November 14, 2017

by Bill Chappell

In the filing, RT America's production company said it wasn't sure how much of its funding comes from Russia.

Twitter ended its advertising relationship with Russia Today and Sputnik on Thursday based on "the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government."

Twitter Bans Ads From Russian State Media, Citing Election Interference Efforts

5:01pm October 26, 2017

by Miles Parks

The microblog service announced the move "effective immediately" ahead of a congressional hearing about Russia's use of social media in its influence campaign.

Kremlin-Backed TV To Remove U.S. Ads Making Light Of Election Meddling

9:24am October 12, 2017

by Scott Neuman

"Stuck in traffic? Lost an election? Blame us!" reads one of the ads in Washington D.C. put up by RT.

Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared to encourage Russia to continue hacking Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's emails at a press conference on July 27, 2016, in Doral, Fla.

Timeline Of Trump And Russia In Mid-2016: A Series Of Coincidences Or Something More?

12:39pm July 17, 2017

The June 2016 email chain released by Donald Trump Jr. puts what happened in the spring and summer of that year in a new light.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits next to Flynn at an exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of RT (Russia Today) in Moscow on Dec. 10, 2015.

Trump Team: Top Adviser Talked With Russian Ambassador Before U.S. Hacking Response

3:19pm January 13, 2017

by Tamara Keith

Critics have long raised concerns about Gen. Michael Flynn's relationship with Moscow. The nominee for national security adviser was in regular contact in December with Russia's ambassador to the U.S.