The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.

  • witty_username@feddit.nl
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    17 hours ago

    I wonder of we’ll be able to see the effects on pubic opinion. E.g. if political polling will show a noticeable change upon yandex being shut down

    • cornishon@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 hours ago

      If only you read the article you’d realize the “bot network” they’re talking about is indexing websites so the Yandex search engine and related services can find them. The article literally gloats how “this will make the Internet slow or unusable for Russians”.

      But of course they knew what they were doing with the headline. Targeting Euro-Americans who think the reason their politicians are corrupt is secret Russian (or Chinese) influence and dissenting opinions on the internet are Russian bots.

      Or I might just be one of the 10% of the bots that are still coming through!

      • roofuskit@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        I think we all understand the landscape isn’t that simple anymore. Data centers aren’t cheap and easy to spin up.

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      16 hours ago

      effects on pubic opinion

      Unfortunately Russian Z-patriots are much much more hypnotized even than US MAGAs.

      They need intensive deprogramming and reintroduction into civil society. Temporarily cutting off just one source of propaganda helps a little, but does not put the cancer into remission.

      • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        12 hours ago

        If religion’s history as a whole is considered, they’re more than likely to simply glom onto the next big lie that puts them in the in-crowd. 🧏🏼‍♂️