Inactive Russian Bots After Ukraine Attacked Data Centers?
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Have Ukrainian strikes against Russian data centers brought down Russian misinformation online? To date, none of the data mobilized, including two viral graphics, proves such a decline in activity, explains Nathan Gallo of the French Observers' editorial 24.
Fake news: After the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck Yandex’s data centers, the activity of pro‑Russian bots on social media in the US and Europe dropped
This was reported by Zelenskyy, foreign and Ukrainian sources, as well as Russian sources that are foreign agents.The Fact: As proof of the decline in bot activity, a graph showing a drop in Yandex AS traffic after the strikes on Yandex’s data...
The very recent attacks on Russian data centres in Kiev would have drastically reduced the Kremlin's online disinformation activity, but some experts are tempering this.
Ukraine's alleged attack on Russian data centers is a story that many want to believe: the troll factories are quieting down and social media is calming down. But at the same time, it is forgotten that the roots of Europe's political confusion lie not in Russia, but in its own decision-makers, writes KU editor-in-chief Jussi Virkkunen.
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