r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 19h ago

Society Ukraine Struck Yandex Data Centers, Russian Bots Went Silent—Now Questions Are Mounting

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-struck-yandex-data-centers-russian-bots-went-silent-now-questions-are-mounting-23339
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u/mrblahhh 18h ago

with this happening why cant someone make scripts to auto ID these bots on all the social medias so end users know they are bots.

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u/crash41301 18h ago

They easily could. Do you not remember when X / Twitter did this and walked it back immediately once it was clear their platform was mostly bot and foreign influencing parading as American? 

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 18h ago

They also targeted hate speech and it was disproportionately banning conservatives.

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u/crash41301 18h ago

Certainly sends a message about your beliefs then huh

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u/JoeNoble1973 16h ago

That’s why they stopped