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Yandex outage: data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the move (blog.cloudflare.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[+] -11 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

Now ask yourself, who was behind the botnet pushing the narrative that Russian social media bots were briefly stopped. I’m no fan of the Russians, but I’m also cognizant that they’re wielded as a boogeyman by the West for their own agendas.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

    Now ask yourself, if you're not getting paid to spread this bullshit, how a useful idiot are you?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

    Why are we pretending only 1 faction doesn't have a massive bot net, while that faction includes the CIA and NSA?

    I bet even Arbies has a massive bot network lol, you just can't trust anything these days.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    We can hate on both.

    Still doesn't make Russias bot farm any better.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    My point is that it isn't bullshit. We should hate both, and clearly the Russian one more, but we shouldn't assume only one exists.

    Look at how valmond is responding. He's clearly a moron that would rather stick his head in the sand. It's silly behavior imo.

    It's a shame because the usual tankie suspects are more active lately with the election coming up and everyone seems on edge. I get it but that doesn't mean refusing the bootlick the American imperial war and propoganda machine automatically makes you a tankie. People have to get a grip.

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  • [+] -11 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    Says the useful idiot peddling CIA propaganda

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    ugh, tankie detected

    You people make it so obvious

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Are they tankies or just motivated actors working an angle of misinformation and disinformation? Genuinely, is there a tankie problem or is that a catch-all phrase here?

    I don't know what going on anymore, I just keep seeing such radical far right /russian disinformation content and I don't know how to make it stop. Is it a lemmy problem?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Nah, people just never heard about the CIA Vault 7 leaks and it shows

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  • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Sorry, but you've implied bad things can happen without being Putin's direct fault. Therefore you must be a Russian TrollBot, since The Guardian and AP agree that no real people would ever express such a horrific idea.

    /S that's sadly necessary, since there are definitely users on here who believe that, even if they wouldn't use those words to express it.

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