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/no1_vern 18h ago edited 17h ago

The real question is: are sysadmins paying attention to which accounts are not logging in or making posts?Also, what are their plans going forward?

EDIT: How much traffic did Reddit see drop yesterday and today?

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u/redmongrel 17h ago

Reddit claims to care but it’s more important to them to show investors the “growing engagement numbers.” They’re not here to save the world any more than Meta is, they just happen to have a layer of chumps who work for free.

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u/Logical_Mix_4627 12h ago

It’s because there’s no regulations in place to enforce these requirements. You think digital financial services companies in the US are allowed to enable financial transaction with Russia? Tell your lawmakers to impose regulations on social media traffic like they do for financial networks and it will go away.

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u/redmongrel 10h ago

They will interpret that as government ID requirements for all social media accounts. It's already begun, to "protect the children." But somehow I'm certain they'll find a loophole for right-wing influencers.