Zelenskyy: "When our strikes reached Yandex data centers, it suddenly became little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. Many people noticed it.
There was less hate, less division, fewer provocations because there were fewer bots. It's pretty clear where those bots were coming from.
If they disappeared when Yandex went offline, this proves once again that Europe is not the source of the problems."
The big problem is that Russia figured out how modern society consumes information a decade ago, but the West hasn't.
There are millions of bots commenting and posting Russian propaganda. There are paid influencers spreading it, with Russian bots supporting their content.
There is a gigantic machine operating to radicalize and influence Western societies, and there is not enough defense in place.
It doesn't just influence elections, it sows discord, engulfs societies in culture wars, radicalizes teenagers, and shapes political decisions when elected officials fail to read the room.
That needs to change. And fast.
김정은 원산 시찰갔다가 쓰러져 병원행 소문!
생사여부 불투명!
키 168cm 체중 160kg
하루 담배 4갑 음주하는 상태로 회복 쉽지 않다
미 항모 중동 가다가 회향해 일본으로
미군 김정은 사망시 데프콘 1 상태 돌입할 듯?
이재명이 심장치료 장비 북에 보냄
예의 주시 해야!
Big story developing in Russia today.
Ukraine hit Yandex really hard.
The loss of 4 yandex data centers means Russia drones lose realtime data, businesses lose customer data, cloud storage disappears. It’s a huge disruption across Russia, and Belarus.
Late reports are Yandex is totally down across Russia.
This means dozens of apps used by people everyday are not working.
Ukraine really hit them last night. Also, more oil tanks are burning in several locations.
A lot of people have no email, and no way to do business today and the damage at Yandex is severe. The impact on the Russian military is immediate and it will cut down the drones they are sending into Ukraine.
Not one bot commented on this.
Usually it would be 7 to 10! You wouldn't see it because I can easily filter them, but none!
Ukraine has done great damage to Russian businesses and its military but it seems to have really hit their propaganda machine!
Source: Dan Satterfield
And I fact checked