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🧵 For Trump's admin, influencing its citizens with a bot network seems becoming an ordinary routine.
Today's US is one of the first G7 powers that uses bots domestically outside of an election cycle—what for a long time used to be exclusive to authoritarian states.
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Today's US is one of the first G7 powers that uses bots domestically outside of an election cycle—what for a long time used to be exclusive to authoritarian states.
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🧵 Nearly 50 spam-for hire bots has recently flooded replies to the latest Nikol Pashinyan's tweet ↙️.
They posted AI-processed snippets from @News.DW.com article on Russian state's increasingly aggressive disinfo efforts targeting Armenia parliamentary election in June 2026 ↘️.
They posted AI-processed snippets from @News.DW.com article on Russian state's increasingly aggressive disinfo efforts targeting Armenia parliamentary election in June 2026 ↘️.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
🧵 Nearly 50 spam-for hire bots has recently flooded replies to the latest Nikol Pashinyan's tweet ↙️.
They posted AI-processed snippets from @News.DW.com article on Russian state's increasingly aggressive disinfo efforts targeting Armenia parliamentary election in June 2026 ↘️.
They posted AI-processed snippets from @News.DW.com article on Russian state's increasingly aggressive disinfo efforts targeting Armenia parliamentary election in June 2026 ↘️.
🧵 The Russian state happily sided with comrade Elon Musk in his clash with European Commission over the DSA fine to X.
A fake video from Matryoshka bots impersonates VIGINUM to allege that 65% of fake news (that "EC has fined X for") come from the very EU fact checking orgs.
A fake video from Matryoshka bots impersonates VIGINUM to allege that 65% of fake news (that "EC has fined X for") come from the very EU fact checking orgs.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🧵 The Russian state happily sided with comrade Elon Musk in his clash with European Commission over the DSA fine to X.
A fake video from Matryoshka bots impersonates VIGINUM to allege that 65% of fake news (that "EC has fined X for") come from the very EU fact checking orgs.
A fake video from Matryoshka bots impersonates VIGINUM to allege that 65% of fake news (that "EC has fined X for") come from the very EU fact checking orgs.
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As Bluesky grows in popularity, so does the industry of spam-for-hire services attempting to exploit it. Google searches for the query "buy bluesky followers" abound with numerous examples of strangely similar websites peddling bogus Bluesky followers, reposts, and likes.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As Bluesky grows in popularity, so does the industry of spam-for-hire services attempting to exploit it. Google searches for the query "buy bluesky followers" abound with numerous examples of strangely similar websites peddling bogus Bluesky followers, reposts, and likes.
🧵 In early November, the troll network set up on X/Twitter to praise Kirill Dmitriev has been expanded by 24 LLM-powered bot accounts.
Just a month later, Dmitriev is blaming EU today for using bots to manipulate his poll results.
Just a month later, Dmitriev is blaming EU today for using bots to manipulate his poll results.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🧵 In early November, the troll network set up on X/Twitter to praise Kirill Dmitriev has been expanded by 24 LLM-powered bot accounts.
Just a month later, Dmitriev is blaming EU today for using bots to manipulate his poll results.
Just a month later, Dmitriev is blaming EU today for using bots to manipulate his poll results.
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Networks of MAGA bots posing as Americans and featuring AI errors are being run from Asia
The Bot Blocker project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social identified five groups of “MAGA accounts,” the largest of which contains more than 200 “individual” pro-Trump voices.
The Bot Blocker project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social identified five groups of “MAGA accounts,” the largest of which contains more than 200 “individual” pro-Trump voices.
Networks of MAGA bots posing as Americans and featuring AI errors are being run from Asia
Thanks to a new X feature that reveals where an account is operated from and whether a VPN tool is being used, social media and news outlets have been able to collect extensive evidence showing that m...
theins.press
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Networks of MAGA bots posing as Americans and featuring AI errors are being run from Asia
The Bot Blocker project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social identified five groups of “MAGA accounts,” the largest of which contains more than 200 “individual” pro-Trump voices.
The Bot Blocker project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social identified five groups of “MAGA accounts,” the largest of which contains more than 200 “individual” pro-Trump voices.
🧵 These hundreds of attractive X/Twitter "MAGA patriots" don't exist.
They use stolen photos and hacked X accounts.
A chatbot equivalent helps them to gain thousands of followers.
There are 5+ potentially-separate networks.
The location transparency feature WON'T expose many of them.
They use stolen photos and hacked X accounts.
A chatbot equivalent helps them to gain thousands of followers.
There are 5+ potentially-separate networks.
The location transparency feature WON'T expose many of them.
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🧵 These hundreds of attractive X/Twitter "MAGA patriots" don't exist.
They use stolen photos and hacked X accounts.
A chatbot equivalent helps them to gain thousands of followers.
There are 5+ potentially-separate networks.
The location transparency feature WON'T expose many of them.
They use stolen photos and hacked X accounts.
A chatbot equivalent helps them to gain thousands of followers.
There are 5+ potentially-separate networks.
The location transparency feature WON'T expose many of them.
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Unpopular opinion supported by facts: transition from X to BlueSky for editorial media shows that less but qualitative subscribers is equivalent to being present on a toxic platform.
If the end result is the same, why not supporting alternative platforms?
If the end result is the same, why not supporting alternative platforms?
Bilan d'impact pour un média ( @canardpc.com ) de l'abandon de X pour Bluesky :
_ 11 mois après l'abandon d'un compte X à 45K abonnés, notre compte Bluesky est proche de 20K abonnés
_ Malgré cette différence, les visites venues de Bluesky en 2025 représentent 90% des visites 2024 amenées par X
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_ 11 mois après l'abandon d'un compte X à 45K abonnés, notre compte Bluesky est proche de 20K abonnés
_ Malgré cette différence, les visites venues de Bluesky en 2025 représentent 90% des visites 2024 amenées par X
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November 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Unpopular opinion supported by facts: transition from X to BlueSky for editorial media shows that less but qualitative subscribers is equivalent to being present on a toxic platform.
If the end result is the same, why not supporting alternative platforms?
If the end result is the same, why not supporting alternative platforms?
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Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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Authoritarian propaganda ruthlessly exploits peoples need to belong, latent resentments, insecurities and helplessness. To compete you need to dive into the dark operating theatre of human desire….some lessons from research across Europe thats applicable to to US
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
Journalism In An Age Of Authoritarianism | NOEMA
The media needs to rethink its role in protecting democracy — rather than just chronicling its demise.
www.noemamag.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Authoritarian propaganda ruthlessly exploits peoples need to belong, latent resentments, insecurities and helplessness. To compete you need to dive into the dark operating theatre of human desire….some lessons from research across Europe thats applicable to to US
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
🧵Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network is now exploiting the 10th anniversary of 2015 Paris attacks, part of its multi-year effort to cut aid to Ukraine and to undermine trust to Emmanuel Macron.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🧵Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network is now exploiting the 10th anniversary of 2015 Paris attacks, part of its multi-year effort to cut aid to Ukraine and to undermine trust to Emmanuel Macron.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
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For nine months, the formidable @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social and I have been investigating if X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. Our findings suggest it does: news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For nine months, the formidable @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social and I have been investigating if X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. Our findings suggest it does: news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
🧵 A bot network tried to help the GOP retain power in Virginia by influencing the Attorney General election.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🧵 A bot network tried to help the GOP retain power in Virginia by influencing the Attorney General election.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
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New hiring opportunity from Bellingcat US
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Bellingcat is an independent community of researchers, investigators, and citizen journalists who pioneered open source investigations tools. With precision and perseverance, Bellingcat exposes everyt...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New hiring opportunity from Bellingcat US
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Germany plans €377B in defense procurements as Kremlin bot network spreads fake story about Chancellor Merz’s wife buying Rheinmetall shares
A new disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading videos posing as @bellingcat.com, The Telegraph, and German tabloid Bild.
A new disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading videos posing as @bellingcat.com, The Telegraph, and German tabloid Bild.
Germany plans €377B in defense procurements as Kremlin bot network spreads fake story about Chancellor Merz’s wife buying Rheinmetall shares
Germany has drawn up plans to procure land, air, naval, space, and cyber weapons worth €377 billion, according to an internal government document reviewed by Politico. The outlays are set to be includ...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Germany plans €377B in defense procurements as Kremlin bot network spreads fake story about Chancellor Merz’s wife buying Rheinmetall shares
A new disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading videos posing as @bellingcat.com, The Telegraph, and German tabloid Bild.
A new disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading videos posing as @bellingcat.com, The Telegraph, and German tabloid Bild.
🧵 Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's economic envoy on ceasefire with Ukraine, thanked🙏 an obviously burner X account for supporting his efforts "building US-Russia bridges".
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🧵 Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's economic envoy on ceasefire with Ukraine, thanked🙏 an obviously burner X account for supporting his efforts "building US-Russia bridges".
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🧵 Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's economic envoy on ceasefire with Ukraine, thanked🙏 an obviously burner X account for supporting his efforts "building US-Russia bridges".
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
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➡️Le Monde, BFM, Ouest-France... l'identité visuelle de médias français a une nouvelle fois été usurpée dans une salve de vidéos, sur de pseudo-révélations concernant des ministres, dernière illustration des ingérences numériques pro-russes visant la France sans relâche.
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
➡️Le Monde, BFM, Ouest-France... l'identité visuelle de médias français a une nouvelle fois été usurpée dans une salve de vidéos, sur de pseudo-révélations concernant des ministres, dernière illustration des ingérences numériques pro-russes visant la France sans relâche.
Matryoshka, the Russian-state aligned bot network, is having fun today with a fake video exploiting the Louvre's heist:
"The Grand Egyptian Museum is ready to pay Louvre for the Egyptian antiques _before they are stolen again_".
"The Grand Egyptian Museum is ready to pay Louvre for the Egyptian antiques _before they are stolen again_".
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Matryoshka, the Russian-state aligned bot network, is having fun today with a fake video exploiting the Louvre's heist:
"The Grand Egyptian Museum is ready to pay Louvre for the Egyptian antiques _before they are stolen again_".
"The Grand Egyptian Museum is ready to pay Louvre for the Egyptian antiques _before they are stolen again_".
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Kremlin bot network Matryoshka targets new French ministers with claims of corruption, pedophilia, and drug trafficking
The disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading short clips disguised as content from well-known French media outlets, such as Le Parisien.
The disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading short clips disguised as content from well-known French media outlets, such as Le Parisien.
Kremlin bot network Matryoshka targets new French ministers with claims of corruption, pedophilia, and drug trafficking
The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka has launched a campaign on X (formerly Twitter) aimed at discrediting members of France’s newly appointed government, accusing them of pedophilia, corruption,...
theins.press
October 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Kremlin bot network Matryoshka targets new French ministers with claims of corruption, pedophilia, and drug trafficking
The disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading short clips disguised as content from well-known French media outlets, such as Le Parisien.
The disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading short clips disguised as content from well-known French media outlets, such as Le Parisien.
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Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
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One good thing about Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign emailing us their fake news posts everyday of the week is you can get a sense of what really worries Russia. The last few days have been dominated by videos about how unpopular Macron is for wanting to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
One good thing about Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign emailing us their fake news posts everyday of the week is you can get a sense of what really worries Russia. The last few days have been dominated by videos about how unpopular Macron is for wanting to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine
@jonesjay.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com @senatorhashmi.bsky.social
I believe you will find this thread important: bsky.app/profile/anti...
I believe you will find this thread important: bsky.app/profile/anti...
🧵 A pro-MAGA bot network on X/Twitter that previously aided Trump to secure a 2nd term has just started helping him to retain power.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@jonesjay.bsky.social @abigailspanberger.com @senatorhashmi.bsky.social
I believe you will find this thread important: bsky.app/profile/anti...
I believe you will find this thread important: bsky.app/profile/anti...
@bluevirginia.bsky.social An important finding; would be grateful for amplifying: bsky.app/profile/anti...
🧵 A pro-MAGA bot network on X/Twitter that previously aided Trump to secure a 2nd term has just started helping him to retain power.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
October 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@bluevirginia.bsky.social An important finding; would be grateful for amplifying: bsky.app/profile/anti...
🧵 A pro-MAGA bot network on X/Twitter that previously aided Trump to secure a 2nd term has just started helping him to retain power.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
October 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🧵 A pro-MAGA bot network on X/Twitter that previously aided Trump to secure a 2nd term has just started helping him to retain power.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
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Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network publishes AI-generated images mocking Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan
Matryoshka began its pre-election activities in Armenia with a record lead time of eight months, the Bot Blocker Project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.
Matryoshka began its pre-election activities in Armenia with a record lead time of eight months, the Bot Blocker Project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network publishes AI-generated images mocking Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan
The pro-Kremlin Matryoshka disinformation network has launched a new campaign against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ahead of the country’s June 2026 parliamentary elections, according to ins...
theins.press
October 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network publishes AI-generated images mocking Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan
Matryoshka began its pre-election activities in Armenia with a record lead time of eight months, the Bot Blocker Project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.
Matryoshka began its pre-election activities in Armenia with a record lead time of eight months, the Bot Blocker Project @antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.