2024-06-25
30 分钟Antibot4Navalny is a small but mighty group of anonymous researchers calling out Russian disinformation — and punching way above their weight.
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Back in June, this weird thing happened.
Really famous Hollywood stars and world renowned athletes started posting all these messages on X about the war in Ukraine.
We are impoverished.
It's time to forget about Ukraine.
Ukraine doesn't exist anymore.
All our money went down the drain.
All countries start thinking about themselves.
And the EU.
The EU is crumbling.
More than 50 bold faced names, all sending the same message.
A who's who of megastars.
Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie.
But it turns out these posts weren't from the rich and famous at all.
They were created by these automated, inauthentic social media accounts known as bots.
They tried to flood social media with messages of their liking, like in this case, giving the impression that no one should be supporting Ukraine in the war anymore.
Those star studded messages were shared more than 120,000 times, and they received more than half a million views.
And the people who discovered the flock of bots behind this disinformation campaign might surprise you.
It wasnt the NSA or some european intelligence Agency.