Ukraine Drone Claims Debunked
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Monday at the Warsaw Security Forum that a Ukrainian bombing strike on Yandex's data centers had caused a significant reduction in online bot activity. This led to social media claims of decreased hate and division across various political accounts, including those supporting MAGA, Reform UK, and AfD. However, tech experts quickly debunked these claims, clarifying…
Drone Strikes Didn’t Take out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It →Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that drone attacks on Yandex data centers in Russia reduced pro-Russia bot activity on social media platforms. However, experts like Lukasz Olejnik and Samuel Woolley dispute these claims, arguing that the observed decrease in bot traffic is likely a misinterpretation of internet usage data rather than an actual reduction in Russian disinformation efforts. The article…
Why Zelenskyy's claims that Ukraine drone attack halted Russian bot traffic don't hold up →On October 8, Ukrainian drones attacked a data center located about 250 miles from Moscow to retaliate against Russian cyberattacks that had previously disrupted Ukrainian internet and television services. By the end of the week, Ukraine targeted two additional data centers in the area, severely impacting Yandex, Russia’s biggest internet technology company. The article focuses on these drone strikes and their…
Did Ukrainian Drones Wipe Out Russia’s Bot Networks? →Analysis
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On Monday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that a Ukrainian bombing strike on Yandex’s data centers, a large Russian technology company, had led to a sudden decrease in bot activity online.
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15 Oct Did Ukrainian Drones Wipe Out Russia’s Bot Networks?On October 8, Ukrainian drones attacked a data center located about 250 miles from Moscow to retaliate against Russian cyberattacks that had previously disrupted Ukrainian internet and television services. By the end of the week, Ukraine targeted two additional data centers in the area, severely impacting Yandex, Russia’s biggest internet technology company. The article focuses on these drone strikes and their…The Dispatch- 14 Oct Why Zelenskyy's claims that Ukraine drone attack halted Russian bot traffic don't hold upUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that drone attacks on Yandex data centers in Russia reduced pro-Russia bot activity on social media platforms. However, experts like Lukasz Olejnik and Samuel Woolley dispute these claims, arguing that the observed decrease in bot traffic is likely a misinterpretation of internet usage data rather than an actual reduction in Russian disinformation efforts. The article…CBC
13 Oct Drone Strikes Didn’t Take out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe ItUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Monday at the Warsaw Security Forum that a Ukrainian bombing strike on Yandex's data centers had caused a significant reduction in online bot activity. This led to social media claims of decreased hate and division across various political accounts, including those supporting MAGA, Reform UK, and AfD. However, tech experts quickly debunked these claims, clarifying…Mother Jones
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