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Drone strikes didn’t take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe it (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The second problem, however, was that the ultra-specific claims about less activity in certain areas—MAGA, pro-Kremlin bot accounts, and AfD—had absolutely no basis in fact.

“We see no “dramatic drop” in traffic of Kremlin-aligned human trolls-for-hire targeting Russian domestic users (which we have been tracking for years),” wrote Antibot4Navalny, a group of anonymous researchers who track and respond to Russian disinformation.

Emphasis added.

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago

first comments I saw in the article was people here saying. did we see a reduction? I think because it did not feel like it especially with the increase with the election coming soon.