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Drone strikes didn’t take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe it
www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/ukraine-drone-strike-yandex-russian-bot-farm-right-wing-maga-afd-reform-uk-conspiracy-theory-viral-rumor/Replying to @purrtastic@lemmy.nz
I don’t know. I work at a cyber security company and the traffic to our site dropped by 58% overnight.
Replying to @jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
Yeah, and how exactly do you know that was social media troll bots and not like AI training spiders? Do you handle cybersecurity for twitter?
Replying to @underisk@lemmy.ml
Sorry that you are getting downvoted you are exactly right. People can’t handle being wrong.
Replying to @mysteryhumpf@feddit.org
It’s pretty fair to assume any ml account is gonna push Russian propaganda, I’m guessing that’s the reason for the downvotes.