“Russian bots”, burning data centres & partitioning the internet

Filed by Elara Myst

Kit KnightlyThere goes all the free Palestine, pro-AFD, anti-vax maga bots.The Ukrainian military used their surfeit of drones to destroy Yandex data centres in Russia, and as a result “hostile” Russian bot activity dropped to almost zero.That’s the story.There’s no evidence it’s true, of course, but since when did that make any difference?