The network includes accounts impersonating reputable news outlets such as BBC News, Euronews, and Meduza, designed to give credibility to Telegram propaganda links. We believe it may be connected to the “Pravda/Portal Kombat” pro-Russia propaganda network.
Accounts are hosted across numerous Mastodon instances and bridged into Bluesky, creating the appearance of independent sources. Activity on Bluesky helped reveal aggregate patterns, identical usernames, posting schedules, and content themes more clearly than across decentralised Mastodon services.
If your first reaction was to post “posts I dislike are Russian bots”, then you haven’t actually grasped the argument. It has nothing to do with anyone disagreeing with specific posts.
It’s also very telling that you’re reflexively posting that when it says nothing about the data being presented.
Hey, actually reading the article is cheating!
everyone i dislike is a russian bot.
also: пошел нахуй путин
Except this comes from aggregated data from across the service. It’s not a matter of “I don’t like that post, must be bot”.
Excellent opportunity to prove the superiority of our localized moderation model!
There are obviously agents from elsewhere, and some of them may be pretty effective, but it’s nothing compared to Trump and Co getting money from the likes of Saudis and acting like they own the place. If the main concern is american politics, well, the real worms aren’t theoretical or real foreign enemies, but corrupted fuckheads that ignore human, state rights, shutdown government, pack people from the streets to deport. No enemy could’ve done such damage so-called friends are doing.
The rise in right-wing nationalism has been notable across Europe, as well. It’s a good guess that the Russians have been pushing that, too. The US is just ahead of the curve.
Leading the Western world, as usual.
Russia is clearly to blame for the people you don’t like online
Lots of people can not stand the fact that you don’t agree with them. They will accuse you of being a bot or something, rather than to accept the fact that people have different opinions on things.
Found the Russian.
yeah lets pretend that propaganda does not exist I wonder who would want that
“I have to admit, I’m always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up,” the CIA agent says.
“Thank you,” the KGB agent says. “We do our best but truly, it’s nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them.”
The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. “Thank you friend, but you must be confused… There’s no propaganda in America.”
True, the existence of US propaganda means Russian propaganda doesn’t exist.
GOOD point
US propaganda doesn’t exist, idk what you’re talking about. It’s just russian botlords controlling everything
It’s not that I don’t like you, but it’s just weird.
It don’t matter this is basically Russian propaganda too I don’t trust anybody or anyone which is what they wanted
Most effortless and effective blame offloading “news” of the century.
I guess I’m ruzzian now.
Pro-Russian propaganda is euphemism for ‘‘stuff I disagree with’’.
