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Anti-Russian ‘Bot army’ exposed by Australian researchers
- kilolima 4y agohttps://arxiv.org/abs/2208.07038 https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.07038 Also potentially related : https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/3508639-cyber-command-chief-confirms-us-took-part-in-offensive-cyber-operations/ https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/3508639-cyber-comma...
- wrp 4y agoFrom the abstract, this is an unexpected asymmetry: ...we find significant information flows from bot-like accounts to non-bot accounts with behaviour differing between sides. Pro-Russian non-bot accounts are most influential overall, with information flows to a variety of other account groups. No significant outward flows exist from pro-Ukrainian non-bot accounts, with significant flows from pro-Ukrainian bot accounts into pro-Ukrainian non-bot accounts... Their results don't reflect my experience online, though. I observe heavy activity from pro-Ukrainian accounts that are clearly not bots.