Germany has uncovered a major “pro-Russian disinformation campaign” using thousands of fake accounts on X to try and stir anger at Berlin’s support for Ukraine, a media report said on Friday (26 January).
The revelations come amid growing concern about the impact increasingly sophisticated disinformation campaigns could have on elections.
Experts commissioned by the German foreign ministry used specialised software to monitor posts on the online platform X, formerly known as Twitter, between 20 December and 20 January, news weekly Der Spiegel wrote.
wow, that’s shocking! 😮
what’s next? The owner of twitter being a part of the disinformation scene? That would be even more of a shocker!
Wow… so countries manipulate how people think? It’s funny that the journalist investigated only when Russia is disinforming
They found Elon Musk’s account?
Im_shocked_casablanca_movie.gif
Wow, who would have thought of such a bizarre thing as fake news channeled through Musk’s hate cannon?
Russia has been waging hybrid warfare on the west for decades, sowing division and corruption. Its time the west wakes the hell up.
Social media IS a disinformation campaign. It’s 90% bulkshit government bots now.
Oh no! Ruzzian psy-op in the internet! (shocked pikachu face)
“Russian disinformation campaign on X”
​
Do you have any idea HOW LITTLE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN!?
In other news: Pope found to be Catholic
Looking into this.
Wow. That’s a real surprise. I would have never guessed this revelation. Wow.
~~Germany uncovers Russian disinformation campaign on X~~
**Germany uncovers social media platform on X’s Russian bot farm**
FTFY
so much for
>“If we had had X in 1939, how many lives could have been saved?” the video asked. Musk responded that “had there been social media [the Holocaust] would have been impossible to hide, if there had been freedom of speech as well.”
You can see the disinformation spreading on Reddit too (surprise!).
One narrative is: “I want to help Ukraine but we can’t afford these big huge unimaginably big absolute numbers”. That convinces the less economically educated. (The more correct approach is to talk in terms of fraction-of-GDP.)
Pretty sure the entire thing is a disinformation campaign.
Reading the comments in this thread, it almost seems like people are irritated that there is news about this. Perhaps these individuals would prefer if the issue were completely ignored because they “already know.”
MAGA was built on disinformation.
Shocked. Shocked I say!
honestly with musk’s admittedly tampering with Ukrainian operations involving star link and now this at what point can they go after him for espionage?
Remeber that warning EU gave to X last year for not fighting disinformation or else they would block X? It’s about time they acted on it. Elon has made it clear by removing the people that did work on it that he has zero intentions of doing so.
More like “Germany discovers Russian disinformation platform called X”
> A common theme was the accusation that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government was neglecting the country’s own population in favour of helping Ukraine in its war against Russia, according to Spiegel, which said it has seen excerpts of the analysis.
Yeah russian bots are pushing this narrative absolutely everywhere, it’s crazy. Even in Italy, where it was calculated that the aid for Ukraine is costing an average italian 1 euro per month, yet I keep reading over and over how italians are ”exhausted” by the war and sacrificing for the Ukranians. So fucking pathetic.
Germany has been stepping up big time in comparison, they are replacing the US as Ukraine’s biggest ally. Their most recent military aid package looks huge.
Welcome to the party, Pal.
This is literally the first time I’ve seen someone not call that website something along lines of “Platform formerly known as twitter”
Wow for real???? I never expected this!?! Don’t tell me these bot and paid actor networks also run on reddit, Instagram and basically every social media ever???!??
Errr… the russians do that since at least 2014. It took german authorithies only 10 years to find that out. That’s very quick for german authorithies!
Russia sure does love disinfo campaigns, don’t they?
Wow, no way. Everyday Ukrainian propaganda. Im tired
Welcome to the world of russian hybrid warfare! Maybe they will find out next that german politicians are bribed and paid by Putin?
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Germany has uncovered a major “pro-Russian disinformation campaign” using thousands of fake accounts on X to try and stir anger at Berlin’s support for Ukraine, a media report said on Friday (26 January).
The revelations come amid growing concern about the impact increasingly sophisticated disinformation campaigns could have on elections.
Experts commissioned by the German foreign ministry used specialised software to monitor posts on the online platform X, formerly known as Twitter, between 20 December and 20 January, news weekly Der Spiegel wrote.
wow, that’s shocking! 😮
what’s next? The owner of twitter being a part of the disinformation scene? That would be even more of a shocker!
Wow… so countries manipulate how people think? It’s funny that the journalist investigated only when Russia is disinforming
They found Elon Musk’s account?
Im_shocked_casablanca_movie.gif
Wow, who would have thought of such a bizarre thing as fake news channeled through Musk’s hate cannon?
Russia has been waging hybrid warfare on the west for decades, sowing division and corruption. Its time the west wakes the hell up.
Social media IS a disinformation campaign. It’s 90% bulkshit government bots now.
Oh no! Ruzzian psy-op in the internet! (shocked pikachu face)
“Russian disinformation campaign on X”
​
Do you have any idea HOW LITTLE THAT NARROWS IT DOWN!?
In other news: Pope found to be Catholic
Looking into this.
Wow. That’s a real surprise. I would have never guessed this revelation. Wow.
~~Germany uncovers Russian disinformation campaign on X~~
**Germany uncovers social media platform on X’s Russian bot farm**
FTFY
so much for
>“If we had had X in 1939, how many lives could have been saved?” the video asked. Musk responded that “had there been social media [the Holocaust] would have been impossible to hide, if there had been freedom of speech as well.”
You can see the disinformation spreading on Reddit too (surprise!).
One narrative is: “I want to help Ukraine but we can’t afford these big huge unimaginably big absolute numbers”. That convinces the less economically educated. (The more correct approach is to talk in terms of fraction-of-GDP.)
See, for example, the discussion here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/W9vUD0lqAN
You just have to open that shit and there it is.
In plain view
*Shocked Pikachu face*
Where is the orginal report of the Ministry of foreign affairs? I want to read the OC but cannot find it:
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/search?search=x
Нет пути
No shit everyone has them.
Pretty sure the entire thing is a disinformation campaign.
Reading the comments in this thread, it almost seems like people are irritated that there is news about this. Perhaps these individuals would prefer if the issue were completely ignored because they “already know.”
MAGA was built on disinformation.
Shocked. Shocked I say!
honestly with musk’s admittedly tampering with Ukrainian operations involving star link and now this at what point can they go after him for espionage?
Remeber that warning EU gave to X last year for not fighting disinformation or else they would block X? It’s about time they acted on it. Elon has made it clear by removing the people that did work on it that he has zero intentions of doing so.
More like “Germany discovers Russian disinformation platform called X”
> A common theme was the accusation that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government was neglecting the country’s own population in favour of helping Ukraine in its war against Russia, according to Spiegel, which said it has seen excerpts of the analysis.
Yeah russian bots are pushing this narrative absolutely everywhere, it’s crazy. Even in Italy, where it was calculated that the aid for Ukraine is costing an average italian 1 euro per month, yet I keep reading over and over how italians are ”exhausted” by the war and sacrificing for the Ukranians. So fucking pathetic.
Germany has been stepping up big time in comparison, they are replacing the US as Ukraine’s biggest ally. Their most recent military aid package looks huge.
Welcome to the party, Pal.
This is literally the first time I’ve seen someone not call that website something along lines of “Platform formerly known as twitter”
Wow for real???? I never expected this!?! Don’t tell me these bot and paid actor networks also run on reddit, Instagram and basically every social media ever???!??
Errr… the russians do that since at least 2014. It took german authorithies only 10 years to find that out. That’s very quick for german authorithies!
Russia sure does love disinfo campaigns, don’t they?
Wow, no way. Everyday Ukrainian propaganda. Im tired
Welcome to the world of russian hybrid warfare! Maybe they will find out next that german politicians are bribed and paid by Putin?