r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 18h 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/ChubbyPandaWifeHaver 15h ago

At what point are our politicians going to hold Russia accountable for their interference in social media? So many young people, mentally/physically vulnerable and really old people rely on social media to keep in touch with their friends and loved ones. Their minds have been violated by these Russians, they need to be held accountable for infringing on our most vulnerable citizen's lives. This is online terrorism.

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u/ResponsiblePool7254 13h ago

It wouldn't be happening if it weren't inextricably intertwined with the Republican party. 

It's been Russians vs. progressive Dems since Trump vs. Bernie (indirectly in the primaries).

Establishment Dems have been managed opposition for decades, so they're not able to switch gears into actual democracy.

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u/nosayso 12h ago

Apparently not all the Russian bots got shut down, still out there trying to get Democrats to not vote.

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u/voodoodahl 8h ago

That managed opposition line was probably fed to you by a bot. The ironing. 

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u/ResponsiblePool7254 7h ago

If Noam Chomsky has been a Russian bot since the 1980s, then sure. I mean it's not out of the question, but then the entirety of the left isn't real either. 

Russian bots just leverage specific aspects of the left against the general population.

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u/voodoodahl 7h ago

Well, considering what we know about Chomsky now, he may have been the origin of many narratives that undermine democracy. 

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u/ResponsiblePool7254 7h ago

He's an interesting locus, for sure. Plenty of bots out there trying to discredit Chomsky too though, so check your sources.

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u/RibbitCommander 14h ago

The hierarchy in many nations is more concerned with control in these spheres of influence. While trying to draw attention away from the fact that; stability and relative peace. Are the most effective means of control. Maintaining a better standard of living is key to compliance.

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u/jackofslayers 12h ago

I mean if you are in the US, the current admin wants to help russia so good luck there.

If you are in europe. you actually have to fight Russia with your army, which NATO is too scared to do. So also good luck with that. and no that is not a hypothetical. Putin is literally doing intentional drone strikes on NATO members and the collective response in Europe is "yea putin is constantly escalating violence against us but we can't respond because then he will say WE are escalating."

NATO is completely justified to level Moscow and they should do so.

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u/Kerensky97 12h ago

Certainly not while a Russian agent is in control of the country.

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u/SCREWcorporatocracy 7h ago

First, I am not a Trump fan, Second....WOW you still believe Trump is a Russain agent... wait not surprised since the LEFT NEVER apologizes for all the lying and Fear mongering it does... Its been PROVEN that they whole trump-russia collusion was made up by democrats and the press because they were freaked out that someone OUTSIDE the political class was going to be president. Now we have a president that is pissed off that he was "framed" and he said that for last 8 years and now that its been proven he is really pisssed AND the people that have done it have not even said yea we are sorry.... I feel really sorry for our country because the pendulum is swinging faster and Farther from the center each 4 years and at some point we have the potential to get a really bad situation... and throwout the history of revolutions only one has not ended in a bloody purge ( hit it starts with an "A")... and please can you name me one that ended with a conservative purging the left???? I'm sure there are a few but I don't know which ones they are because I can only find ones from the left....

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u/Kerensky97 4h ago

I must have hit a nerve...

Also reading that word diareaa, it's clear you are a Trump fan.

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u/nosayso 12h ago

Had to elect some politicians who aren't directly beholden to them here in the US first.

Honestly Russian intelligence seems to control the world, anyone who moved against them would see their country's media overrun with opposition to usher in a fascist regime of people Russia has compromised.

Musk works for them. Zuckerberg works for them. They got Trump re-elected, they got Brexit, they're so close to getting Bolonsarno back in power, and so on.

What actually need to happen is people need to stop using Facebook, Instagram, Meta, and TikTok which are directly owned by known bad actors who manipulate the platform. Everything you read there serves the oligarchy and this world they're actively trying to ruin.

Unfortunately these bots infest everywhere, there's no safe space, but those platforms are actively collaborating.

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u/kombatunit 14h ago

At what point are our politicians going to hold Russia accountable for their interference in social media?

I'm guessing never.

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u/NeonNKnightrider 13h ago

Imagine thinking accountability exists lol

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u/lizardwizard184 13h ago

something something freedom of speech

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u/Ghstfce 12h ago

The moment they (Republicans who hold all three) stop being paid/blackmailed by Russia would be my guess

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u/Sweet-Emu-7698 11h ago

Their minds have been violated by their own governments and their own religions and their own media. Your mind has also been conditioned.

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u/esituism 6h ago

we tried. 8 years ago. that was the mueller report.

a dozen+ people went to jail, the rest got buried, now no one cares.