Welcome to the Tech Mem Right Home for Thursday, September 5th, 2024.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

The DOJ says it has taken down a big election influence campaign allegedly directed by Russia.

The Internet Archive loses a big case.

And Android 15 is here, and two really interesting new gadgets.

One I probably need to buy and one I want to buy but probably won't.

Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech.

The U.S. Department of Justice has seized 32 domains used in Russian influence

campaigns they say as part of efforts to tackle Russian efforts to influence the

2024 U.S. presidential election.

Quoting CNN.

At Russian President Vladimir Putin's direction, three Russian companies use fake profiles to promote false narratives on social media, U.S. Deputy Attorney

General Lisa Monaco said in a statement. Internal documents produced by

one of those Russian companies shows one of the goals of the propaganda effort was to boost the candidacy of Donald

Trump or whoever emerged as the Republican nominee for president according to an

FBI affidavit. Separately two employees of RT, the Russian State Media Network, were indicted in a U.S. court for

allegedly being part of a scheme that funneled nearly $10 million to set up and direct a

Tennessee-based front company to produce online content aimed at sewing divisions among Americans

according to the Justice Department.

The scheme targeted millions of American news consumers with what Attorney General

Merrick Garland described as quote hidden Russian government messaging.

Taken together the actions represent the Biden administration's most significant public response

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