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Russia's Use of Social Media


Russia's Use of Social Media - Press | Intelligence Committee

The new report examines Russia's efforts to use social media to sow societal discord and influence the outcome of the 2016 election, led by the Kremlin-backed ...

Russia focusing on American social media stars to covertly influence ...

Sept 9 (Reuters) - Russia is increasingly turning to American social media stars to covertly influence voters ahead of the 2024 presidential ...

This is what Russian propaganda looks like in 2024

Pro-Russia social media accounts amplifying stories about divisive ... A Russian operation that Microsoft calls Storm-1679 used AI to ...

Understanding Russian Disinformation and How the Joint Force ...

... Russian-affiliated social media sites. Russian efforts in the ... Astute intelligence services like those in Russia can use them to find and ...

Russia: most used social media platforms 2024 - Statista

As of January 2024 the Russian online population aged 16 to 64 years used VK (Vkontakte), thus making it the most used platform among those ...

Social media in Russia - statistics & facts - Statista

With more than 100 million users, Russia is one of the largest social media markets worldwide. More than seven out of ten Russians use social networks.

How the war reshaped the Russian social media landscape - The Fix

Instagram, despite being blocked, remains the second most popular social media platform in Russia per number of accounts, falling only behind VK ...

Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government ...

The Justice Department today announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in Russian ... Social Media Influencers Network ...

Russian propaganda on social media during the 2022 invasion of ...

Our findings suggest that pro-Russian messages received ∼251,000 retweets and thereby reached around 14.4 million users. We further provide ...

US Justice Department says it disrupted Russian social media ...

The U.S Justice Department said on Tuesday that it disrupted a Russian operation that used fake social media accounts enhanced by artificial ...

Russia-Ukraine War Through the Eyes of Social Media | GJIA

The speed of online updates born from millions of users and the scale of Russian aggression have pushed mainstream media outlets to rush and ...

Russia's use of disinformation and information manipulation

Canada's efforts to counter the Kremlin's disinformation campaign including its restrictions on foreign social media platforms in Russia.

Social media analysis disrupts Russian digital narratives

The percentage of Russians who have access to social media is not a representative sample of the population as a whole. Connectivity and technology vary ...

Russian Disinformation Efforts on Social Media - RAND

Russia is waging wide-reaching information warfare with the West. A significant part of this war takes place on social media, which Russia ...

Russia's Information War Is Being Waged on Social Media Platforms

Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, multiple social media platforms—including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube—announced they had dismantled ...

Justice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and ...

The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI- ...

Russia's social media battleground – Democracy and society

Beyond dedicated messaging apps such as WhatsApp, the platforms with the highest audience shares in Russia are YouTube, VK.com, Telegram and ...

Russia is restricting social media as war in Ukraine continues - NPR

Russia has banned Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for "extremist activities," while carving out an exception for the company's WhatsApp ...

what social media does russians use the most : r/AskARussian

Telegram. Vk is a bit on the rise, since FB is blocked, but Telegram is a primary social app. Upvote 1 Downvote Reply reply Award Share

How Russia benefits from ill-informed social media policies

Social media companies in reality have removed multiple influence operations and reduced visibility of Russian government accounts spreading falsehood.