Fact Check: Viral Graph Suggests Drop in Alleged Russian Bot Activity
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Fact check: Viral graph suggests drop in alleged Russian bot activity
Did attacks on Russian data centers reduce bot activity around Germany's AfD? A viral graph claims they did. But it contains significant inconsistencies and provides no evidence to support the claim.
A suspicious graph about Russian bots, which was also spread on social networks by politicians, is most likely the creation of artificial intelligence. Some politicians, including Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský, have also fallen for it. However, a closer analysis of the graph reveals errors typical of AI creations. Take a look at five clues that prove it.
User "24-year-old steward Frank" generated a graphic using artificial intelligence that was announced as illustrating the decline of Russian bots on the network.
On October 11, Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský spreads on X a graphic showing a spectacular collapse of the online activity around the AfD. The reason for the alleged crash: Ukrainian drones destroyed Russian data centers, from which apparently large parts of the support for the German opposition party had been controlled. A proof of the Der Beitrag Alleged AfD-Bots from Moscow: Like an AI-graphic politician and media embarrassed appeared first on Ti…
Tomáš Zdechovský, Czech MEP, recently posted a misleading graphic on platform X. You can read the complete article on FALTER.at
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