Key developments – Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out three major Yandex data centres in Russia, halting automated traffic and disrupting cloud services used by Russian political bots. The outages caused a notable drop in automated political messaging, prompting…
Continue reading Ukraine’s Yandex data‑center attacks spotlight new front in disinformation warsKey developments: – The US National Science Foundation has halted all funding for disinformation research, asserting the work does not align with its strategic priorities, marking a significant policy retreat amid partisan attacks on scholars. – Ukrainian drone…
Continue reading Disinformation Landscape Shifts as US Funding Ends, Yandex Attacks Silence Bots, and Iran Deploys AI‑Generated Fake JournalismKey developments: Ukrainian drone attacks between Oct. 8‑11 disabled two Yandex data centers and damaged a third, causing a sharp drop in the company’s automated traffic. Analysts noted a rapid decline in pro‑Russian bot activity online, with fewer Polish‑and‑Ukrainian‑targeted…
Continue reading Ukrainian Drone Strikes Shut Yandex Data Centers, Silencing Russian Bot Networks