Ukrainian drone strikes that knocked Russian data centers offline last week probably did not disrupt the disinformation bot farms many assume were targeted. A chart circulating on social media, citing Cloudflare data, shows a sharp drop in bot traffic following attacks on servers belonging to Yandex. Yandex is a technology company frequently described as Russia's Google. The sudden decline in traffic has led some viewers to infer that the strikes hit troll farms pushing conspiracy theories and harmful content across online platforms. However, the drop in traffic is likely not related to that specific type of bot activity.
Ukraine strikes on Yandex likely did not disrupt Russian bot farms
Ukrainian drone strikes that knocked Russian data centers offline last week probably did not disrupt the disinformation bot farms many assume were targeted. A chart circulating on social media, citing Cloudflare data, shows a sharp drop in…
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