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/JMurdock77 19h ago

It’s uncomfortable for some to recognize how much their worldview was being fed to them wholesale by an adversary.

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u/modest_merc 19h ago

This has been known for a while now

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u/misterwizzard 18h ago

Known but not accepted generally. People hear that popular subs like this are up to 40% bots but they don't know what it does

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u/Lostmyvibe 17h ago

They think the 40% bots are the ones that are disagreeing with them, while the actual bots are the ones giving them their talking points.