Foreign influence efforts reached a fever pitch during the 2024 elections
NPRForeign influence efforts reached a fever pitch during the 2024 elections toggle caption Megan Varner/Getty Images The final stretch of the 2024 election was marked by a series of increasingly brazen attempts to influence voters and disrupt polling places. "One of the major trends that we saw is the highest volume of online foreign influence efforts directed at the U.S. elections by…three state threat actors…Russia, Iran and China," says Brookie. The fact that foreign influence efforts go beyond a single campaign or discrete events make it difficult to measure the impact, said Orr Bueno. Sponsor Message The ongoing foreign influence campaigns mean that many Americans should exercise more care when interacting with political material online, said Orr Bueno.