r/CriticalThinkingIndia • u/PrimedGold • 1d ago

Science, Tech & Medicine Following Ukraine’s attack on Yandex’s data centers, Russian bot activity across American platforms appears to have declined significantly. A Swedish engineer rans tests by posting pro-H-1B visa content and observed no anti-Indian hate in response.

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u/Beginning_Net5713 1d ago

Wait, what? What could they possibly even gain from these?

Although, a conspiracy like theory could be Russia is desperate for money and China offered a good price to spread anti-India propaganda. Just a shower thought tho.

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u/Altruistic_Bank_1552 Congressi 1d ago

They want to destabilise Western democracies and end the trust their people have in liberal democracies, leading to political collapse. This isn't targeted at Indians; we were simply a tool they used because we happened to be the largest group of incoming migrants to the English-speaking world after COVID (except for America, but since they followed a single anti-Indian campaign in the English-speaking world, they extended it even to the US).

They did the same against North African and Arab refugees and immigrants in the European Union and against Eastern Europeans in the UK.

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u/Beginning_Net5713 1d ago

Most of these hate is on western platforms tho? How did anti-bot mechanics fail here?

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u/EruIluvatar_Sym 1d ago

Why do you think SM platforms want bots to go away? They thrive in the engagement it brings. Reddit is a prime example.