Pro-Kremlin bots on X have been spreading misinformation about US presidential candidates for years - study
Kyiv • UNN
Researchers have identified hundreds of pro-Russian bots on X that have been spreading disinformation about the US election for years. Some accounts evaded detection for 15 years by retweeting content seconds after it was published.
Hundreds of pro-Russian bots on the X platform are spreading disinformation about the US elections. A research group has called them “sleeper agents” for evading detection for years, UNN reports , citing AFP.
The American Sunlight Project (ASP) research group has found that hundreds of clearly pro-Russian bots are spreading disinformation about the US elections and reinforcing false narratives about candidates.
ASP analyzed nearly 1,200 accounts, including more than 100 million posts, including Kremlin propaganda, pro-Republican candidate Donald Trump content, and disinformation about the Harris campaign.
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Accounts, some of which have evaded detection and moderation on the site for 15 years, retweeted such content within seconds of its publication, indicating bot activity, the group said in a report it provided to AFP before it was made public.
We weren't surprised to find another pro-Russian botnet, but we were shocked to learn that some accounts in the sleeper agent network had been active for more than a decade
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