Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have significantly reduced them.
Researchers from dTeam, a US-based group that tracks Moscow-linked influence operations, told BBC Verify there has not been “any traffic change from known Russian accounts and bot clusters on any platform”.
Bots linked to pro-Kremlin influence operations like Storm-1516 and Matryoshka - both of which BBC Verify has previously reported on - were still active on social media on Tuesday, evidence shared with BBC Verify by dTeam shows.
It’s definitely up there since, you know, Russian influence operations are taking aim at European democracy.
Arguing over whether or not Russian bot farms are affected is pretty dumb, but you are welcome to it.
Yeah we should just accept (what are potentially) myths uncritically that’s an amazing idea.
Here you are doing exactly what I said over a dumb topic.