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THREAD: How can the U.S. stand up to Russian attacks on our democracy? Our new report looks at other countries where Russia tried to interfere to see how we can fight their efforts in 2020: (1/9) americanprogress.org/issues/securit…

The 2017 presidential election in France saw expansive Russian efforts to hurt Emmanuel Macron and help Marine Le Pen. But, in part thanks to efforts by the government and media to identify and combat misinformation, the attacks didn’t succeed. (2/9) americanprogress.org/issues/securit…

France’s 44-hour pre-election media blackout also helped, as did the decision by Macron and his political party to communicate openly and extensively about the hacking attempts it had faced. (3/9)
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This year’s European Parliamentary elections also faced significant Russian disinformation efforts. The European Commission found success by working to improve cooperation among member states around issues of disinformation. (4/9) americanprogress.org/issues/securit…

The EU also set up a special task force to identify and combat disinformation, and has worked hard to promote media literacy that could help minimize the effects of Russian propaganda. (5/9)
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Sweden took an ambitious, “whole-of-society” approach, with the government, the media, and the private sector working together to educate both politicians and the public about Russian interference efforts. (6/9) americanprogress.org/issues/securit…

The German government took serious measures to shore up its cybersecurity efforts, and developed a “hack-back” strategy, which involved the planned use of offensive cyberattacks against hackers. (7/9) americanprogress.org/issues/securit…

And the Dutch government worked to educate the public about how Russian disinformation operates and provided academics and members of the press access to a Facebook dashboard with which to fact-check posts identified by users as “fake news.” (8/9) americanprogress.org/issues/securit…

Many of these responses required government help—help the Trump administration seems unlikely to provide. Still, they offer important lessons for how different stakeholders in the U.S. can fight Russian interference in 2020 and beyond. (9/9) americanprogress.org/issues/securit…