In September 2024, a video spread in the Telegram channels in which the US former executive said that Americans who publish false information should be brought to administrative and even criminal liability. We checked the reliability of such publications.
On September 17, 2024, Telegram channels distributed an excerpt from an interview with Hillary Clinton, in which she discusses the punishment for “wrong” posts in social networks. According to one of the informal leaders of the US Democratic Party, some Americans are involved in the spread of misinformation, and the introduction of administrative or criminal liability for them may serve as the best restraining factor. The authors of some viral posts noted that Clinton spoke about the prison dates for fellow citizens, which are divided on social networks of Russian propaganda.
Video published channels such as "Operation Z: Warrixes of Russian Spring"(506,000 views at the time of writing of the analysis),"Ne.saxap"(274 000),"Russia now"(210 000) and"Putin in Telegram"(178 000).
A few hours earlier, this video became viral in the English-language segment of the social network X. There, for example, it was published, supporting ex-president Donald Trump accounts @EndwokeNess (69.5 million views) and @Wallstreetapes (3 million views). In the @ndwokeens profile, the video is accompanied by the signature “Hillary Clinton offers to put Americans in prison for placing“ misinformation ”, and @wallstreetapes clarifies that this measure is proposed to be introduced against Trump's supporters. With the signature "Trubling" is the first of these tweets reputed And the owner of the social network Elon Musk. Also similar to the publication Shared Candidate of the US Vice-President from Republicans Jay Di Wance. “Hillary calls for censorship, but in fact she calls for violence. Refuse censorship. Refuse violence, ”he pointed out in the signature.
In the lower right corner of the viral video, the logo of the American television channel MSNBC is noticeable. On September 17, Clinton gave this media a small interview on the eve of the release of her new book. Fragment of the ether Available On the YouTube channel MSNBC.
At first, the host of Rachel Maddou asked his interlocutor the question of Trump’s election campaign, which, according to the journalist, admits numerous insults, but it is precisely due to provocative statements and actions that continues to dominate the media sector. Clinton replied that the media, trying to be neutral, did not sufficiently articulate the danger emanating from Trump, and he specifically uses rhetoric, thanks to which people become less sensitive to each of his statements. According to the former, the Americans should remember all Trump's statements and with all the seriously perceive plans of actions voiced by him in case of returning to power.
Further, the conversation goes to the topic of intervention in the American elections. Answering Maddow's question about whether the US government has enough efforts to combat this problem, Clinton thanked the Ministry of Justice and the State Department for the steps they adopted, but she noted that the process of identifying tools involved for the intervention is at the initial stage:
“What the Russians began to do in 2015 and 2016, and what they continue to do ... They have become more sophisticated, they are not even pretending to be more pretending. Their international news service Russia Today is an instrument of the Russian government, an instrument of its intelligence. This, in fact, is an addition to their espionage efforts. They use Americans - both those who are aware and ready, and those who are not aware and simply wonder that they receive $ 400,000 per week or $ 100,000 per podcast, so that as a parrot thoughtlessly reproduce the Kremlin propaganda. ”
An excerpt from the interview, spreading in Telegram channels, begins at 07:57 mark, but this is an incomplete version of Clinton's statement made at 07:42. It sounds like this:
“Therefore, I think that it is important to make an official accusation to the Russians, as the [special prosecutor Robert] Müller, who accused many Russians who were engaged in direct intervention in the election and promotion of Trump in 2016. But I also think that there are Americans who are involved in this kind of propaganda. And if they were subjected to administrative or even in some cases criminal prosecution, this would be the best restraining factor, because Russians are unlikely, with very rare exceptions, they will ever appear in the United States. ”
In other words, Clinton did not say that all Americans who distribute misinformation should be put in prison. The politician stated that the potential holding to justice could interfere with those to the Americans who are ready to contribute to interference in the election for monetary reward.
In his reasoning, Clinton refers to the investigation carried out according to the results of the 2016 presidential election, during which she competed with Trump. Even before the voting day, the Barack Obama administration accused Russia in an attempt to influence the outcome of the elections by hacking computers of the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations in order to prevent Clinton’s campaign and strengthen Trump's position. Special Prosecutor Robert Müller in 2018 I put forward Accusations against 13 citizens of Russia (including the founder of the "troll factory" Evgeny Prigozhin) and three Russian organizations responsible for conducting campaigns in social networks to influence voters. And although in a 448-page report according to the results of the investigation published in 2019, Müller indicatedthat Trump’s headquarters did not conspire with the Russian authorities, the special prosecutor came to the conclusion that the team of the Republican candidate could welcome the intervention, realizing that it would play into their hands.
Clinton completed its performance on the air of MSNBC that the US government should guarantee the right of Americans to choose its leader on their own, and not under the influence of external forces. “I believe that we need to reveal all the connections, make it as clear as possible that you can vote as you want. But we will not allow anyone from our opponents, whether Russia, China, Iran or anyone else, to influence the Americans on how we should vote and choose our leaders. ”
Discussions about the intervention of third countries (primarily Russia, as well as Iran and China) accompany For the third in a row, the election of the US President. In early September 2024, the American government imposed sanctions In relation to RT and the Kremlin, the Non -profit organization Dialogue, as well as ten individuals, including the editor -in -chief of RT Margarita Simonyan. Responsible departments convicted them, in particular, in the payment of $ 10 million from Tennessee, which was engaged in the distribution of misinformation.
Thus, Hillary Clinton did not urge to put in prison Americans publishing “wrong” posts on social networks or supporting the Kremlin narratives. Video used as evidence is an excerpt from an interview with a politician torn from context. In it, Clinton put forward the idea that Americans who receive money for disseminating misinformation in order to influence the results of the elections should be brought to administrative or criminal liability.
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