United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 6212 , 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. 6212 , 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
1091 1 “(D) Russia’s use of coercive economic tools, 2 including sanctions, market access, and differen- 3 tial pricing, especially in energy exports; and 4 “(E) Russia’s use of criminal networks and 5 corruption to achieve political objectives.”. 6 SEC. 6212. ANNUAL REPORT ON ATTEMPTS OF THE RUS- 7 SIAN FEDERATION TO PROVIDE 8 DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA TO 9 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES BY SOCIAL 10 MEDIA. 11 (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 12 March 31 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 13 to the congressional defense committees a report on attempts 14 by the Russian Federation, or any foreign person acting 15 as an agent of or on behalf of the Russian Federation, dur- 16 ing the preceding year to knowingly disseminate Russian 17 Federation-supported disinformation or propaganda, 18 through social media applications or related Internet-based 19 means, to members of the Armed Forces with probable in- 20 tent to cause injury to the United States or advantage the 21 Government of the Russian Federation. 22 (b) FORM.—Each report under this section shall be 23 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 24 annex.
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