Russian Disinformation War’s Most Potent Weapon Is Bending Realities

Long investigation of latest Russian coercive information campaigns — some good detail in here, and a lot of narrative that would barely even be out of the ordinary in garbage water of US info environment www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Russian disinformation manufactured by the Russian intelligence services continues to flood X since Elon Musk acquired it. Here Bloomberg studies just one of those disinformation accounts and its success in permeating particularly MAGA accounts. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The Most Potent Weapon in Russia’s Disinformation War Moscow has a long history of weaponizing disinformation. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The Most Potent Weapon in Russia’s Disinformation War Moscow has a long history of weaponizing disinformation. Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... @bloomberg.com

🎁⛓️ It never ends. "Trump rejected intelligence findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, branding them a “hoax.” After he won re-election, efforts by the US government to combat Russia’s influence operations ground to a halt." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Great to see our reporting on Russian disinformation operation Storm-1516 cited in this Bloomberg story by @stephanie-baker.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... Here is our investigation from last year: correctiv.org/en/fact-chec...

Americans cant get ebough rusdian disinfo (Gift link) www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

"Storm-1516 uses fabricated videos, phony websites and anonymous influencers to spread tales about election fraud, corruption and sexual abuse." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

We spent a year tracking a covert Russian disinformation operation called Storm-1516 to catalogue almost 200 fabricated stories spread by mostly anonymous influencers that have racked up hundreds of millions of views on X. They're changing the conversation. #Russia www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

"The Most Potent Weapon in Russia's Disinformation War. Storm-1516 uses fabricated videos, phony websites and anonymous influencers to spread tales about election fraud, corruption and sexual abuse." www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

I'm briefly quoted in this long but important investigative piece about Storm-1516, the most potent weapon in Russia’s disinformation war. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Russia’s Storm-1516 unit spread a viral video falsely linking Ukrainian President Zelensky to Jeffrey Epstein using a fabricated 2010 email from casting agent Yehor Skalyha, who denies knowing Epstein. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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——————————————————— “The disinformation campaign has flooded social media with stories alleging wrongdoing by politicians aligned with Europe and the US. It sits at the heart of Russia’s hybrid-warfare strategy, alongside sabotage, assassinations and covert attacks on infrastructure…” (gift link)

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ブルームバーグによるロシアの複数の事例におけるStorm-1516の活動実態の分析。2023年のデータを用いた分析などもある。 日本のメディアでよく見るツールを用いたデータ分析中心のレポートで、これだけでは意味をなさない内容なので、ちょっと驚いた。 やる価値のないデータ分析と報道が無駄に増えるのは深刻な問題だと思うのだけど、世界に広がっているのかもしれない。 その最先端を走っていたアメリカがどうなったを考えないのだろうか？

Onderzoek 🇷🇺 beïnvloedingsoperaties. O.a. via sociale media valselijk linken president Zelensky aan Epstein files. Posts zijn tig keren gezien, gedeeld en geliked. Wie beschermt gebruikers voor dit soort onzin? Overheidstaak, journalistiek? Nu achter betaalmuur. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

What do #MAGA Cultists, #Tankies ( western young People who think Communism is a good Idea), #Vatniks ( nostalgic Soviet Union Lovers), #Nazis, naive Peaceniks, #Republicans, #ReformUK, #HAMAS / #Iran Fans, jewish Fanatics and the TechBros have in common? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Bloomberg takes a look at the Russia disinfo group known as Storm-1516. h/t @antongerashchenko.bsky.social alt link: archive.is/uJvrY www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... A frequent target is Zelenskyy, ofc. Hilariously, they are trying to link him to Epstein, which, come on, Putin. Read the room:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... Russians are really good at deception. MAGA seems to emulate there practices daily!

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Russia's Disinformation War Floods Social Media With Dangerous False Claims www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

“Russia's stealth disinformation weapon — Storm-1516 - uses fabricated videos, phony websites and anonymous influencers to sow doubt and bend reality. We spent a year unraveling how it manufactures dangerous false claims.” www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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"The enemy is conducting multi-level attacks on different segments of the population simultaneously, adapting lies to the fears and expectations of each individual audience. Link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Foreign disinformation and incitement are very worrisome to me. Social media needs to be more effective in combating them, and establishing users' identification as actual humans. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...