Ukraine Attacks 'Russia's Google.' What Was the Impact?
Cloudflare data showed automated traffic from Yandex’s network fell about 94% after the strikes, though no independent evidence links that drop to bot activity.
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In a week, several Ukrainian drones attacked data centers of the Russian giant Yandex. This caused massive Internet outages. Many observers also assured that these strikes had led to a drastic decline in the activity of Kremlin's disinformation bots. Claims based on false or misinterpreted graphs.
Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex
Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's disinformation efforts. "It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social platforms," Zelenskyy said Monday. "There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations." Zelenskyy isn't the first to assert that the […]
What Zelenskyy’s Bot Claim Means for Black Voters
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says online hate dropped after his country’s drones struck Russia’s largest tech company. Independent researchers have not yet confirmed or ruled out that claim. Speaking to the Warsaw Security Forum on Oct. 12, Zelenskyy said that after Ukrainian strikes reached data centers owned by Yandex, there was “less hate, less division, and […]
A Danish research firm tells Jyllands-Posten that they found the same answer as the fact-checkers after they investigated the Russian bot activity on Tuesday.
Ukraine hits Yandex data centers; Zelensky claims fewer bots, hate speech online, but no evidence of a link
Users pointed to a drop in posts containing phrases like “Free Palestine” and “Genocide” on X after the strikes, but researchers said some of the graphs covered an unfinished day
Ukraine attacks 'Russia's Google.' What was the impact?
Ukraine's attacks on Yandex data centers disrupted digital services across Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says social media saw fewer Russian bots afterward. DW examines the evidence and the strategic impact.
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