There has already been a strong and significant impact on bot traffic in countries such as France and Germany. David Colon, a French information operations researcher, has noted a huge difference in the performance of narratives generated by the Russia-linked information operations group, Storm-1516.
In a series of Tweets, he has explained how a host of prominent bot-powered accounts – all with a far-right swing – are no longer being amplified on the site, as a direct consequence of the Yandex attacks. Pages which achieve millions of views on a single posts are now struggling to generate a four-figure count.
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In a series of Tweets, he has explained how a host of prominent bot-powered accounts – all with a far-right swing – are no longer being amplified on the site, as a direct consequence of the Yandex attacks. Pages which achieve millions of views on a single posts are now struggling to generate a four-figure count.
Far-right bot accounts 'fall silent' as Ukraine strikes cripple Russian data centres
Three of the biggest data centres in Russia were taken offline this weekend - dramatically changing the social media landscape.
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