US EditionPro-Kremlin Accounts Using Epstein Files to Push Conspiracy: AFP Research
Pro-Kremlin accounts amplified over 150,000 social media posts linking Epstein files to claims that Russia saved nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children from trafficking, ISD reported.
- Pro-Kremlin social media accounts are using the recently released Jeffrey Epstein documents to promote false claims that Russia has saved Ukrainian children from sex trafficking, contradicting reports of forcibly deported children since the 2022 invasion.
- Since the Epstein file release on January 30, over 15,000 posts on X have spread narratives claiming Ukraine is a global hub for sex trafficking and that Putin acted to protect Ukrainian children, a narrative amplified by British and European politicians.
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The publication of the Epstein files is a massive international wave. Thousands of contributions are circulating in Russia, which are instrumentalizing the case.
On the Internet, everyone can write what they want. Moscow plays into its hands, even in the war against Ukraine. Conspiracy theories and falsehoods with Epstein-reference spread on X and other networks like wildfire.
After the release of millions of files on the case of Jeffrey Epstein, accounts on the social networks that favour the Russian government revealed that the documents would reveal that Ukraine was a global centre of sexual trafficking. According to some accounts, the archives show that Russia's President Vladimir Putin would have tried to save Ukrainian children from a network linked to the sexual offender. The profiles used the real involvement …
Pro-Kremlin Accounts Using Epstein Files to Push Conspiracy Theories – Research
Pro-Kremlin social media accounts are using the latest Jeffrey Epstein files to bolster efforts to spread baseless claims that Russia has saved Ukrainian children from sex trafficking, research by AFP and a London-based think-tank showed Thursday.
Pro-Kremlin accounts on social networks exploit the new avalanche of documents related to sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein to continue spreading allegations against Ukraine and on child trafficking, according to research conducted by the AFP and a report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) published on Thursday. ...
Pro-Kremlin accounts on social networks exploit the new avalanche of documents related to sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein to continue spreading allegations against Ukraine and on child trafficking, according to research conducted by the AFP and a report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) published on Thursday.
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