Russia spread hurricane disinformation after Helene, Milton in an effort to undermine American leadership

The content exploited legitimate concerns about the hurricane recovery efforts in an attempt to paint American leaders as incompetent and corrupt.

Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America’s political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows.