Foreign influencers are doing their best to spin the Charlie Kirk assassination
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk has been divisive online, and some officials believe foreign governments are trying to make things worse.
"We have bots from Russia, China all over the world that are trying to instill misinformation and encourage violence," warned Utah Gov. Spencer Cox in a press conference following the shooting last week.
But experts who monitor foreign disinformation campaigns say the picture is more nuanced.
While it's true that foreign-paid influencers are di
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