…Clemson attributed the #SocialDesignAgency’s campaign to a Kremlin #InfluenceOperation that researchers have called Matryoshka, after the Russian nesting dolls.

The operation, which emerged in 2024, specializes in creating fake articles that look as if they were from real news organizations like Reuters or France 24. The goal seems to be to spread the claims by encouraging fact checkers to debunk them.

#MediaLiteracy #misinformation #Russia #RussianPropaganda #tech #SocialMedia #moderation

The campaign, which the researchers at Clemson University linked to the #SocialDesignAgency, a company in Moscow, shows how #Russia continues to seek new ways to erode public support for #Ukraine….

While Russians have long flooded #SocialMedia platforms with fake accounts & #content, #hacking into real accounts appeared to be a novel strategy.

#MediaLiteracy #disinformation #misinformation #Propaganda #RussianPropaganda #tech #moderation

"Russesch Desinformatiounscampagnen direkt aus dem Kreml gesteiert"
https://www.rtl.lu/news/faktencheck/a/2232708.html

"Tiefe Einblicke in Putins Lügenmaschine"
https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/russland-propaganda-fakenews-sda-deutschland-100.html

"Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere"
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence

#SocialDesignAgency
#Disinformation #désinformation #Propaganda #FakeNews #FIMI #ingérence #SDA