United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 1247 , September 18 2017. Unclassified.
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"Annual report on attempts of the Russian Federation to provide disinformation and propaganda to members of the Armed Forces by social media."
Source: United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 1247 , September 18 2017. Unclassified. Date: Sep 18, 2017 Archive: United States Congress Collection: Cyber Vault: Inside the 2018 NDAA, Senate Part 2 Nov 22, 2017
672 1 SEC. 1247. ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUS- 2 SIAN FEDERATION TO PROVIDE 3 DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA TO 4 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BY SOCIAL 5 MEDIA. 6 (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 7 March 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 8 to the congressional defense committees a report on attempts 9 by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting 10 as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian Federation, dur- 11 ing the preceding year to knowingly disseminate Russian 12 Federation-supported disinformation or propaganda, 13 through social media applications or related Internet-based 14 means, to members of the Armed Forces with probable in- 15 tent to cause injury to the United States or advantage the 16 Government of the Russian Federation. 17 (b) FORM.—Each report under this section shall be 18 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 19 annex. 20 SEC. 1248. SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN DETERRENCE INITIA- 21 TIVE TO DETER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. 22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 23 (1) Military exercises, such as Exercise Nifty 24 Nugget and Exercise Reforger during the Cold War, 25 have historically made important contributions to 26 testing operational concepts, technologies, and leader- † HR 2810 PAP
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