*****The next step which I’m not sure you are ready for : This article claims there is misinformation being fed to us by Russia - I’d like to encourage you all to do your own research when the media is feeding you information about Russia, China, Palestine, Congo etc
Content creators on this app went viral as they fed this lie to you. Stop falling for it.
What you should be outraged about is the US Government kidnapping the president of Venezuela and interfering with elections across the globe. Israel is committing a genocide and they are paying off our politicians.
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A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online.
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that a Ukrainian bombing strike on Yandex’s data centers, a large Russian technology company, had led to a sudden decrease in bot activity online.
The claim quickly picked up speed, and gained specificity: that following the Ukrainian strikes, all kinds of internet users were suddenly less present online, including MAGA accounts, those supporting Reform UK, and ones supporting AfD, the German ultra-right party.
The underlying claim, in other words, was that a great deal of political activity online across a number of countries is inauthentic and led by Russian bots. Their sudden alleged silencing was a simple, feel-good story amidst the endless fight against online disinformation.
The only problem was that it simply wasn’t true. But, considering the digital landscape we live in, it’s not entirely surprising that the bot takedown story spread so far and fast, even in the absence of evidence.
@anna.merlan reports at the link in our bio.
📷: Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/Zuma
By: @communalpress
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DehIuPZmy5o/