WEBVTT 00:01.703 --> 00:04.771 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK. BY CONTRAST THE "THE NEW YORK 00:04.805 --> 00:07.473 BY CONTRAST THE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS 16 MILLION FACEBOOK 00:07.475 --> 00:07.807 TIMES" HAS 16 MILLION FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS. 00:07.842 --> 00:10.243 FOLLOWERS. SO THIS COMPANY HAS BUILT THIS 00:10.278 --> 00:11.511 SO THIS COMPANY HAS BUILT THIS MAMMOTH SOCIAL MEDIA OPERATION 00:11.546 --> 00:13.246 MAMMOTH SOCIAL MEDIA OPERATION THAT IS MOSTLY PUSHING OUT 00:13.281 --> 00:15.515 THAT IS MOSTLY PUSHING OUT NONSENSE CONTENT OR CLICK BATIE 00:15.550 --> 00:20.086 NONSENSE CONTENT OR CLICK BATIE STUPID CONTENT THAT IS WORKING 00:20.121 --> 00:20.620 STUPID CONTENT THAT IS WORKING TO ATTRACT CLICKS. 00:20.622 --> 00:21.621 TO ATTRACT CLICKS. BUT THEY’RE NOW STARTING TO 00:21.655 --> 00:23.990 BUT THEY’RE NOW STARTING TO INTEGRATE INTO THE THAT CONTENT 00:24.025 --> 00:25.425 INTEGRATE INTO THE THAT CONTENT PRO-RUSSIAN HAPPY TALK FAKE 00:25.460 --> 00:26.893 PRO-RUSSIAN HAPPY TALK FAKE HISTORY MATERIAL AND SOME ODDLY 00:26.928 --> 00:33.734 HISTORY MATERIAL AND SOME ODDLY SORT OF -- SORT OF SUBTLE ANTI- 00:33.768 --> 00:34.534 SORT OF -- SORT OF SUBTLE ANTI- ANTI-U.S. STUFF LIKE THIS VIDEO 00:34.536 --> 00:35.468 ANTI-U.S. STUFF LIKE THIS VIDEO THAT SUGGESTS THE UNITED STATES 00:35.503 --> 00:37.104 THAT SUGGESTS THE UNITED STATES IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN COUNTRIES 00:37.105 --> 00:39.539 IS ONE OF THE TOP TEN COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD MOST LIKELY TO NOT 00:39.541 --> 00:40.941 IN THE WORLD MOST LIKELY TO NOT EXIST ANYMORE IN THE NEXT 20 00:40.975 --> 00:41.708 EXIST ANYMORE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES 00:41.743 --> 00:42.943 YEARS BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR. 00:42.978 --> 00:45.279 IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR. AT LEAST ALASKA AND TEXAS ARE 00:45.313 --> 00:47.247 AT LEAST ALASKA AND TEXAS ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO SECEDE BUT 00:47.248 --> 00:48.749 DEFINITELY GOING TO SECEDE BUT THAT’S ONLY THE BEGINNING. 00:48.750 --> 00:50.751 THAT’S ONLY THE BEGINNING. AND THEY DON’T PORTRAY THIS AS 00:50.785 --> 00:51.986 AND THEY DON’T PORTRAY THIS AS SOME SCREED AGAINST THE UNITED 00:52.020 --> 00:53.520 SOME SCREED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, IT’S JUST TUCKED IN 00:53.522 --> 00:55.555 STATES, IT’S JUST TUCKED IN AMONG ALL THE OTHER CONTIES THAT 00:55.557 --> 00:57.057 AMONG ALL THE OTHER CONTIES THAT MIGHT NOT EXIST SOME TIME SOON. 00:57.059 --> 00:59.059 MIGHT NOT EXIST SOME TIME SOON. AS LISA KAPLAN ARGUES AT LAW 00:59.060 --> 01:00.661 AS LISA KAPLAN ARGUES AT LAW FAIR THIS WEEK IN THIS 01:00.662 --> 01:01.762 FAIR THIS WEEK IN THIS INVESTIGATIVE PIECE ONE OF THE 01:01.763 --> 01:04.231 INVESTIGATIVE PIECE ONE OF THE THINGS TO WATCH HERE AS THIS 01:04.232 --> 01:06.166 THINGS TO WATCH HERE AS THIS HUGE RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA 01:06.201 --> 01:07.100 HUGE RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN 01:07.135 --> 01:08.068 PRESENCE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY’VE 01:08.103 --> 01:10.404 THE UNITED STATES, THEY’VE STARTED DOING THIS PRO-RUSSIA 01:10.438 --> 01:12.172 STARTED DOING THIS PRO-RUSSIA UNDERMINING THE U.S. SORT OF 01:12.206 --> 01:12.939 UNDERMINING THE U.S. SORT OF SUBTLE CONTENT. 01:12.974 --> 01:14.141 SUBTLE CONTENT. AND THEY’VE STARTED POKING 01:14.142 --> 01:17.878 AND THEY’VE STARTED POKING AROUND THE EDGES OF BUYING 01:17.912 --> 01:18.645 AROUND THE EDGES OF BUYING OVERTLY POLITICAL CONTENT ABOUT 01:18.680 --> 01:21.081 OVERTLY POLITICAL CONTENT ABOUT U.S. POLITICS THAT IN THE FUTURE 01:21.082 --> 01:23.450 U.S. POLITICS THAT IN THE FUTURE IF IT TESTS WELL THEY COULD 01:23.451 --> 01:25.385 IF IT TESTS WELL THEY COULD PRESUMABLY DECIDE TO SHIP TO 01:25.387 --> 01:27.688 PRESUMABLY DECIDE TO SHIP TO THEIR GAZILLIONS OF ONLINE 01:27.723 --> 01:28.055 THEIR GAZILLIONS OF ONLINE FOLLOWERS. 01:28.089 --> 01:31.091 FOLLOWERS. AGAIN, IN TERMS OF TAKING UP 01:31.092 --> 01:33.594 AGAIN, IN TERMS OF TAKING UP SPACE ON YOUTUBE IT’S DISNEY AND 01:33.595 --> 01:35.162 SPACE ON YOUTUBE IT’S DISNEY AND WARNER MEDIA AND THEN THESE 01:35.163 --> 01:35.462 WARNER MEDIA AND THEN THESE GUYS. 01:35.464 --> 01:37.565 GUYS. I MEAN, REMEMBER WHAT WE LEARNED 01:37.566 --> 01:39.100 I MEAN, REMEMBER WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA 01:39.134 --> 01:41.669 IN THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA OPERATION IN 2016 TO TARGET OUR 01:41.703 --> 01:42.369 OPERATION IN 2016 TO TARGET OUR ELECTION TO BENEFIT TRUMP. 01:42.370 --> 01:44.204 ELECTION TO BENEFIT TRUMP. WE LEARNED IT IN THE CRIMINAL 01:44.206 --> 01:45.606 WE LEARNED IT IN THE CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN 01:45.607 --> 01:46.507 INDICTMENTS AGAINST THE RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS 01:46.541 --> 01:47.475 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS CHARGED BY MUELLER. 01:47.509 --> 01:48.976 CHARGED BY MUELLER. MUELLER DID IT IN THE SENATE 01:48.977 --> 01:50.678 MUELLER DID IT IN THE SENATE REPORT REVIEWING HOW THAT 01:50.679 --> 01:51.612 REPORT REVIEWING HOW THAT RUSSIAN INFORMATION WORKED 01:51.613 --> 01:52.413 RUSSIAN INFORMATION WORKED AGAINST US. 01:52.447 --> 01:54.448 AGAINST US. ONE OF THEIR KEY PLAYS IS THAT 01:54.483 --> 01:56.717 ONE OF THEIR KEY PLAYS IS THAT THEY WOULD BUILD UP SEEMINGLY 01:56.752 --> 01:58.085 THEY WOULD BUILD UP SEEMINGLY NONPOLITICAL CONTENT, THEY HAVE 01:58.120 --> 01:59.921 NONPOLITICAL CONTENT, THEY HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT AVATARS, LOTS 01:59.955 --> 02:01.289 LOTS OF DIFFERENT AVATARS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS ON LOTS OF 02:01.323 --> 02:03.090 OF DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS ON LOTS OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 02:03.091 --> 02:04.525 DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ATTRACTING U.S. VIEWERSHIP, 02:04.559 --> 02:06.794 ATTRACTING U.S. VIEWERSHIP, ATTRACTING LIKES, ATTRACTING 02:06.828 --> 02:07.194 ATTRACTING LIKES, ATTRACTING FOLLOWERS. 02:07.196 --> 02:08.629 FOLLOWERS. ALL DOING STUFF THAT DIDN’T SEEM 02:08.631 --> 02:10.531 ALL DOING STUFF THAT DIDN’T SEEM TO BE OVERTLY POLITICAL AT ALL. 02:10.532 --> 02:11.833 TO BE OVERTLY POLITICAL AT ALL. IT WAS JUST DESIGNED TO GET 02:11.867 --> 02:13.034 IT WAS JUST DESIGNED TO GET PEOPLE CLICKING THERE, JUST 02:13.035 --> 02:14.602 PEOPLE CLICKING THERE, JUST DESIGNED TO GET INTO PEOPLES 02:14.636 --> 02:14.935 DESIGNED TO GET INTO PEOPLES FEEDS. 02:14.937 --> 02:16.337 FEEDS. AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO TURN 02:16.372 --> 02:18.673 AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO TURN THOSE THINGS OPERATIONAL FOR THE 02:18.707 --> 02:20.007 THOSE THINGS OPERATIONAL FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMERICAN POLITICAL 02:20.008 --> 02:21.942 PURPOSES OF AMERICAN POLITICAL IMPACT THOSE SEEMINGLY 02:21.944 --> 02:23.811 IMPACT THOSE SEEMINGLY NONPOLITICAL CHANNELS STARTED 02:23.813 --> 02:24.712 NONPOLITICAL CHANNELS STARTED PUSHING OUT MATERIAL DESIGNED TO 02:24.713 --> 02:25.646 PUSHING OUT MATERIAL DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION. 02:25.681 --> 02:27.348 INFLUENCE THE ELECTION. AND A BIG PART OF THE IMPACT, 02:27.349 --> 02:29.517 AND A BIG PART OF THE IMPACT, YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THE MAXIMUM 02:29.551 --> 02:30.952 YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF EYEBALLS, WELL YOU 02:30.986 --> 02:32.687 NUMBER OF EYEBALLS, WELL YOU BETTER HAVE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER 02:32.721 --> 02:34.756 BETTER HAVE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS ALREADY LOOKING 02:34.790 --> 02:35.991 OF SUBSCRIBERS ALREADY LOOKING AT YOUR CONTENT BEFORE YOU 02:36.025 --> 02:37.425 AT YOUR CONTENT BEFORE YOU BECOME A POLITICAL OPERATION. 02:37.426 --> 02:39.761 BECOME A POLITICAL OPERATION. WELL, BOY, ARE THEY DOING THAT 02:39.762 --> 02:40.028 WELL, BOY, ARE THEY DOING THAT NOW. 02:40.029 --> 02:42.263 NOW. WITH THE ELECTION OF 2020 NOW 02:42.298 --> 02:45.433 WITH THE ELECTION OF 2020 NOW BEARING DOWN UPON US, I MEAN THE 02:45.467 --> 02:46.334 BEARING DOWN UPON US, I MEAN THE IOWA CAUCUSES ARE SIX WEEKS 02:46.335 --> 02:46.634 IOWA CAUCUSES ARE SIX WEEKS AWAY. 02:46.635 --> 02:48.769 AWAY. IT’S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY THEN THE 02:48.771 --> 02:50.171 IT’S SUPER BOWL SUNDAY THEN THE FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, THE 02:50.172 --> 02:51.773 FIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY, THE DAY AFTER SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IS 02:51.774 --> 02:52.740 DAY AFTER SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IS THE IOWA CAUCUSES. 02:52.742 --> 02:55.643 THE IOWA CAUCUSES. I MEAN, HOW PREPPED ARE WE 02:55.644 --> 02:55.977 I MEAN, HOW PREPPED ARE WE REALLY? 02:55.978 --> 02:57.378 REALLY? HOW PREPPED ARE THE DEMOCRATIC 02:57.413 --> 02:59.146 HOW PREPPED ARE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND THE DEMOCRATIC 02:59.181 --> 03:00.982 CANDIDATES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR CONTENDING WITH A 03:00.983 --> 03:03.151 PARTY FOR CONTENDING WITH A POTENTIALLY MAJOR FOREIGN-BASED 03:03.152 --> 03:05.053 POTENTIALLY MAJOR FOREIGN-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA OPERATION THAT THIS 03:05.054 --> 03:06.755 SOCIAL MEDIA OPERATION THAT THIS TIME WILE BE RUN UNDER THE 03:06.756 --> 03:07.956 TIME WILE BE RUN UNDER THE AUSPICES HERE OF A FEDERAL 03:07.957 --> 03:09.190 AUSPICES HERE OF A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEADED UP BY A 03:09.192 --> 03:10.158 GOVERNMENT HEADED UP BY A PRESIDENT WHO WAS JUST IMPEACHED 03:10.159 --> 03:13.094 PRESIDENT WHO WAS JUST IMPEACHED FOR INVITING FOREIGN 03:13.129 --> 03:13.728 FOR INVITING FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN THE NEXT 03:13.763 --> 03:16.364 INTERVENTION IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND WHO HAS IMPLICITLY 03:16.366 --> 03:17.765 ELECTION AND WHO HAS IMPLICITLY STATED HE’S GOOD WITH IT. 03:17.767 --> 03:20.402 STATED HE’S GOOD WITH IT. IT’S ONE THING TO NOT BE READY 03:20.403 --> 03:21.870 IT’S ONE THING TO NOT BE READY BECAUSE YOU DON’T SEE IT COMING. 03:21.871 --> 03:23.305 BECAUSE YOU DON’T SEE IT COMING. THIS TIME WE DEFINITELY SEE IT 03:23.306 --> 03:23.805 THIS TIME WE DEFINITELY SEE IT COMING. 03:23.807 --> 03:25.206 COMING. THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HOW 03:25.208 --> 03:26.508 THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH HELP IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 03:26.509 --> 03:27.909 MUCH HELP IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GOING TO BE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP 03:27.944 --> 03:28.610 GOING TO BE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT TRUMP? 03:28.611 --> 03:29.778 OF PRESIDENT TRUMP? AND HOW WELL ARE THE DEMOCRATS 03:29.812 --> 03:31.012 AND HOW WELL ARE THE DEMOCRATS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 03:31.013 --> 03:32.413 AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PREPARING TO DO THEIR OWN WORK 03:32.415 --> 03:33.415 PREPARING TO DO THEIR OWN WORK ON THIS PARTICULARLY IF THEY’RE 03:33.416 --> 03:34.449 ON THIS PARTICULARLY IF THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GET HELP FROM THE