- 29 Mar 2024 18:09
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Not sure how people don't know this. The accounts have been around since at least 2014 in different variations and it only got more complicated from there. 2014 and the Syrian was when people already noticed all of this infrastructure.
The complete topic on Russian agitprop and disinfo is pretty massive and impressive actually. There can be even seperate topics on how they infiltrate left and right leaning extremists with two different fields of propaganda. Lets say one for Skinster and one for Rich. With the end idea being the same just with different takes, hence coverging extremists on left and right a bit closer to one pro-Russian message.
I do not think that any nation is hopeless to change; however, I think that some nations do require a lot more effort than others to become changed. - Verv
Rancid wrote:Interesting video on at least one technique on how Russian twitter bots are created/managed. I'm sure anyone producing a bot would do similar.
I wonder how many on here are falling for these kinds of bots.
Only thing I disagree with is the assertion towards the end that these particular bots he exposed were for the purpose of Ukraine war disinformation. I'm thinking the more likely explanation is simply that they build up these accounts as sort of sleeper accounts, that get activated when they are ordered to. It just so happened these were activated for Ukraine war disinformation. I'm sure there are tons of these sleeper accounts getting built up with seemingly innocuous posts... to be activated for disinformation eventually.
Funny how these bots are often more believed, than say, professors of history at Yale.
Not sure how people don't know this. The accounts have been around since at least 2014 in different variations and it only got more complicated from there. 2014 and the Syrian was when people already noticed all of this infrastructure.
The complete topic on Russian agitprop and disinfo is pretty massive and impressive actually. There can be even seperate topics on how they infiltrate left and right leaning extremists with two different fields of propaganda. Lets say one for Skinster and one for Rich. With the end idea being the same just with different takes, hence coverging extremists on left and right a bit closer to one pro-Russian message.
I do not think that any nation is hopeless to change; however, I think that some nations do require a lot more effort than others to become changed. - Verv