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Germany unearths pro-Russia disinformation campaign on X: Investigators uncover concerted onslaught on Berlin’s support for Ukraine involving more than 1m posts (www.theguardian.com)
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The German foreign ministry, which commissioned the study after suspecting it was being targeted by bots, said the findings highlighted the need for governments to systematically tackle the growing number of disinformation campaigns and recognise the effect they could have on elections.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

It's amazing anyone still uses that platform...

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Half the population has an IQ of 100 or lower.

It's entirely unsurprising.

[-] MrMakabar@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

A lot of people like porn. So why would they not use a site like X?

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