According to an investigation, a network of 53 Facebook pages has been amplifying French-language videos promoting the Kremlin’s line on the war in Ukraine, starting in March. The pages share the common traits of “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” a term used by Meta, Facebook’s parent company, to describe when pages misrepresent themselves and work together in pursuit of specific political or financial goals. Together, the accounts have a combined 4.3 million followers, more than that of similar high-profile networks in Africa such as “Russosphère,” a web of Francophone pages operating across social media platforms that was exposed earlier this year.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    When I thought of warfare during the Information Age, I always thought of hacker-types like out of the movies, staring at their complex of monitors and poring through code looking for exploits.

    What I did not picture, is arguing with what seems in all ways to be an endless stream of semi-intelligent, extremely angry teens, dead-set on making sure a reality TV star and his salt-of-the-Earth fans runs the US, and convincing your uncle on facebook how great an idea it is.

    So, can we hurry the fuck up with this superconductor thing so we can get to the next age already? That might help, maybe.

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      11 months ago

      I noticed that when I respond to Putin’s Bots and ask them if they are concerned to get drafted since their propaganda is failing they never answer.

      If you respond to their straw men and whataboutism they argue with you for days and days.

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        11 months ago

        I mean, 15 years ago I was doing stuff like that online just for fun. I was immature as hell though.

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      11 months ago

      most of the time, the problem is contained between screen and keyboard

      kevin mitnick had little need to break into computers, people gave him whatever he needed. still got called a hacker

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    11 months ago

    Maybe ukraine should focus on advancing on their counter offensive more this time, cause Wagner is comming back , and the west are eagerly waiting for your enemy’s defeat