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!
So do you think that there will be an effect on public opinion? Not necessarily limited to the west. I would expect that severely limited access to internet in Russia might affect public opinion there too
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!
So do you think that there will be an effect on public opinion? Not necessarily limited to the west. I would expect that severely limited access to internet in Russia might affect public opinion there too
Losing unfettered access to the western internet? That can only be beneficial.
I’m not sure what you mean. Who is losing access to the western internet? Why are they benefiting from it?