Following recent Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers owned by Yandex, internet users have observed a sharp decrease in pro-Russian and far-right populist content on social media platforms.
They suggest that this decline is directly related to the disruption of Russian disinformation “bots,” made possible by the attacks on these infrastructures.
France 24 examined this claim in its program “Truth or Fake,” analyzing the potential impact of the strikes on the online dissemination of Russian propaganda.