The current activity follows a campaign reported by Bloomberg where Russian operators used a bot network to amplify fake videos of celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Julia Roberts attacking Democratic candidates on X. These operations, analyzed by Graphika, dTeam, and Antibot4Navalny, used automated accounts to artificially inflate view counts and create a false impression of widespread popularity for the fabrications.
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Russia Deploys Thousands of Bots to Sow Israel Division Before US Midterms
US Politics4 days ago
The New York Times reports that the US electorate is the target of an expanded Russian influence campaign that aims to provoke discord over foreign policy. Moscow has deployed thousands of social media bots to specifically amplify tension over the conflict in Israel to sway voters ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
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