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🧵 For Trump's admin, influencing its citizens with a bot network seems becoming an ordinary routine.
Today's US is one of the first G7 powers that uses bots domestically outside of an election cycle—what for a long time used to be exclusive to authoritarian states.
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Today's US is one of the first G7 powers that uses bots domestically outside of an election cycle—what for a long time used to be exclusive to authoritarian states.
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Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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Authoritarian propaganda ruthlessly exploits peoples need to belong, latent resentments, insecurities and helplessness. To compete you need to dive into the dark operating theatre of human desire….some lessons from research across Europe thats applicable to to US
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
Journalism In An Age Of Authoritarianism | NOEMA
The media needs to rethink its role in protecting democracy — rather than just chronicling its demise.
www.noemamag.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Authoritarian propaganda ruthlessly exploits peoples need to belong, latent resentments, insecurities and helplessness. To compete you need to dive into the dark operating theatre of human desire….some lessons from research across Europe thats applicable to to US
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
www.noemamag.com/journalism-i...
That's their routine spam protection. User is required to pass a captcha every time(?) it sends a DM to account it never DMed before (likely combined with some other conditions)
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
That's their routine spam protection. User is required to pass a captcha every time(?) it sends a DM to account it never DMed before (likely combined with some other conditions)
7/7
Fake @LeMonde.fr:
"Stadiums in France are the least secure in Europe, per EU Safety and Reliability Association. This is due to reduced budgets for law enforcement and Macron's migration policy.
Macron is letting radical migrants into France without any security measures."
Fake @LeMonde.fr:
"Stadiums in France are the least secure in Europe, per EU Safety and Reliability Association. This is due to reduced budgets for law enforcement and Macron's migration policy.
Macron is letting radical migrants into France without any security measures."
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
7/7
Fake @LeMonde.fr:
"Stadiums in France are the least secure in Europe, per EU Safety and Reliability Association. This is due to reduced budgets for law enforcement and Macron's migration policy.
Macron is letting radical migrants into France without any security measures."
Fake @LeMonde.fr:
"Stadiums in France are the least secure in Europe, per EU Safety and Reliability Association. This is due to reduced budgets for law enforcement and Macron's migration policy.
Macron is letting radical migrants into France without any security measures."
6/7
Fake @France24.com:
"Catalina Marchant de Abreu … easily ordered and assembled explosives, smuggled them into [5] stadiums.
'No lesson has been learned. France can literally be undermined by a single person'
Bastard Macron only cares about … security of his wife's penis"
Fake @France24.com:
"Catalina Marchant de Abreu … easily ordered and assembled explosives, smuggled them into [5] stadiums.
'No lesson has been learned. France can literally be undermined by a single person'
Bastard Macron only cares about … security of his wife's penis"
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
6/7
Fake @France24.com:
"Catalina Marchant de Abreu … easily ordered and assembled explosives, smuggled them into [5] stadiums.
'No lesson has been learned. France can literally be undermined by a single person'
Bastard Macron only cares about … security of his wife's penis"
Fake @France24.com:
"Catalina Marchant de Abreu … easily ordered and assembled explosives, smuggled them into [5] stadiums.
'No lesson has been learned. France can literally be undermined by a single person'
Bastard Macron only cares about … security of his wife's penis"
5/7
Fake @LeParisien.fr:
"Wave of resignations in police has become an act of protest against a [4th yearly] budget reduction.
"Not the radicals are primarily responsible for the situation in France, but rather the president, preoccupied with his hairstyle, his tan, and Ukraine"
Fake @LeParisien.fr:
"Wave of resignations in police has become an act of protest against a [4th yearly] budget reduction.
"Not the radicals are primarily responsible for the situation in France, but rather the president, preoccupied with his hairstyle, his tan, and Ukraine"
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
5/7
Fake @LeParisien.fr:
"Wave of resignations in police has become an act of protest against a [4th yearly] budget reduction.
"Not the radicals are primarily responsible for the situation in France, but rather the president, preoccupied with his hairstyle, his tan, and Ukraine"
Fake @LeParisien.fr:
"Wave of resignations in police has become an act of protest against a [4th yearly] budget reduction.
"Not the radicals are primarily responsible for the situation in France, but rather the president, preoccupied with his hairstyle, his tan, and Ukraine"
4/7
Fake @20minutes.bsky.social:
"Macron is a damned hypocrite who feeds the French with filth. ... He release[d] these bastards involved in the murder of dozens of French people."
"[His] brain has ... dried up while he was snorting cocaine with another clown, Zelensky"
Fake @20minutes.bsky.social:
"Macron is a damned hypocrite who feeds the French with filth. ... He release[d] these bastards involved in the murder of dozens of French people."
"[His] brain has ... dried up while he was snorting cocaine with another clown, Zelensky"
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
4/7
Fake @20minutes.bsky.social:
"Macron is a damned hypocrite who feeds the French with filth. ... He release[d] these bastards involved in the murder of dozens of French people."
"[His] brain has ... dried up while he was snorting cocaine with another clown, Zelensky"
Fake @20minutes.bsky.social:
"Macron is a damned hypocrite who feeds the French with filth. ... He release[d] these bastards involved in the murder of dozens of French people."
"[His] brain has ... dried up while he was snorting cocaine with another clown, Zelensky"
3/7
Fake @RFI.fr:
"Macron led France to the domination of radical Islamists.
[Migrants criminality] will lead to a repetition of the tragedy.
The number of victims will be higher: [law enforcement] have been in serious decline ... due to [Macron's focus on] aid to Ukraine"
Fake @RFI.fr:
"Macron led France to the domination of radical Islamists.
[Migrants criminality] will lead to a repetition of the tragedy.
The number of victims will be higher: [law enforcement] have been in serious decline ... due to [Macron's focus on] aid to Ukraine"
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
3/7
Fake @RFI.fr:
"Macron led France to the domination of radical Islamists.
[Migrants criminality] will lead to a repetition of the tragedy.
The number of victims will be higher: [law enforcement] have been in serious decline ... due to [Macron's focus on] aid to Ukraine"
Fake @RFI.fr:
"Macron led France to the domination of radical Islamists.
[Migrants criminality] will lead to a repetition of the tragedy.
The number of victims will be higher: [law enforcement] have been in serious decline ... due to [Macron's focus on] aid to Ukraine"
2/7
Overarching narratives:
• France learned no lessons from 2015
• Macron prioritizes aid to Ukraine over domestic security
• his migration policy welcomes radical Islamists
Plus regular conspiracies:
• Zelensky is a drug-addict clown;
• Macron's wife is a transgender.
Overarching narratives:
• France learned no lessons from 2015
• Macron prioritizes aid to Ukraine over domestic security
• his migration policy welcomes radical Islamists
Plus regular conspiracies:
• Zelensky is a drug-addict clown;
• Macron's wife is a transgender.
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
2/7
Overarching narratives:
• France learned no lessons from 2015
• Macron prioritizes aid to Ukraine over domestic security
• his migration policy welcomes radical Islamists
Plus regular conspiracies:
• Zelensky is a drug-addict clown;
• Macron's wife is a transgender.
Overarching narratives:
• France learned no lessons from 2015
• Macron prioritizes aid to Ukraine over domestic security
• his migration policy welcomes radical Islamists
Plus regular conspiracies:
• Zelensky is a drug-addict clown;
• Macron's wife is a transgender.
🧵Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network is now exploiting the 10th anniversary of 2015 Paris attacks, part of its multi-year effort to cut aid to Ukraine and to undermine trust to Emmanuel Macron.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🧵Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network is now exploiting the 10th anniversary of 2015 Paris attacks, part of its multi-year effort to cut aid to Ukraine and to undermine trust to Emmanuel Macron.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
Fake videos impersonate: @RFI.fr, @20minutes.bsky.social, @LeParisien.fr, @France24.com, @LeMonde.fr.
We used to continually report new BSky accounts to Trust & Safety before they set us automatic detections to address that IO. They still need improvement in accuracy and reaction time, though.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We used to continually report new BSky accounts to Trust & Safety before they set us automatic detections to address that IO. They still need improvement in accuracy and reaction time, though.
Several interesting points mentioned by @doublepulsar.com in this thread: cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])
I dunno if anybody has done a write up of it but there’s a pretty big Russian disinformation operation that runs on the Fediverse
If you search on Mastodon for t.me/RussianBaZa you’ll find some of i...
cyberplace.social
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Several interesting points mentioned by @doublepulsar.com in this thread: cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
Oh, apologies. Here is a Thread Reader page with the full thread.
Should be machine-translateable, just in case: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19886...
Should be machine-translateable, just in case: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19886...
Thread by @antibot4navalny on Thread Reader App
@antibot4navalny: 🧵 Можно ли забанить мессенджер MAX из аппсторов, чтобы Кремлю было сложнее выдавливать россиян из менее сервильных Whatsapp и Telegram? Вопрос к @safe_runet, @apomazuev, @leonidvolko...
threadreaderapp.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Oh, apologies. Here is a Thread Reader page with the full thread.
Should be machine-translateable, just in case: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19886...
Should be machine-translateable, just in case: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19886...
Back to this conversation:
This is a rare case when platforms have an overwhelming bargaining power that can truly help to counter Kremlin's efforts to build a digital Gulag within Russia: x.com/antibot4nava...
This is a rare case when platforms have an overwhelming bargaining power that can truly help to counter Kremlin's efforts to build a digital Gulag within Russia: x.com/antibot4nava...
bot blocker | блокировщик ботов on X: "🧵 Можно ли забанить мессенджер MAX из аппсторов, чтобы Кремлю было сложнее выдавливать россиян из менее сервильных Whatsapp и Telegram? Вопрос к @safe_runet, @apomazuev, @leonidvolkov (а также @yulia_navalnaya, @IlyaYashin). Ниже подробности. https://t.co/zQRac2X8Sy" / X
🧵 Можно ли забанить мессенджер MAX из аппсторов, чтобы Кремлю было сложнее выдавливать россиян из менее сервильных Whatsapp и Telegram? Вопрос к @safe_runet, @apomazuev, @leonidvolkov (а также @yulia_navalnaya, @IlyaYashin). Ниже подробности. https://t.co/zQRac2X8Sy
x.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Back to this conversation:
This is a rare case when platforms have an overwhelming bargaining power that can truly help to counter Kremlin's efforts to build a digital Gulag within Russia: x.com/antibot4nava...
This is a rare case when platforms have an overwhelming bargaining power that can truly help to counter Kremlin's efforts to build a digital Gulag within Russia: x.com/antibot4nava...
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For nine months, the formidable @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social and I have been investigating if X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. Our findings suggest it does: news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
For nine months, the formidable @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social and I have been investigating if X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. Our findings suggest it does: news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
8/9
Also refer to our overview thread on the MAGA-aligned, likely-domestic bot network that is operating for over a year now:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
Also refer to our overview thread on the MAGA-aligned, likely-domestic bot network that is operating for over a year now:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
🧵 For Trump's admin, influencing its citizens with a bot network seems becoming an ordinary routine.
Today's US is one of the first G7 powers that uses bots domestically outside of an election cycle—what for a long time used to be exclusive to authoritarian states.
1/
Today's US is one of the first G7 powers that uses bots domestically outside of an election cycle—what for a long time used to be exclusive to authoritarian states.
1/
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
8/9
Also refer to our overview thread on the MAGA-aligned, likely-domestic bot network that is operating for over a year now:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
Also refer to our overview thread on the MAGA-aligned, likely-domestic bot network that is operating for over a year now:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
7/9
See our earlier thread with background on Virginia elections and why they were so important for the Trump admin:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
See our earlier thread with background on Virginia elections and why they were so important for the Trump admin:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
🧵 A pro-MAGA bot network on X/Twitter that previously aided Trump to secure a 2nd term has just started helping him to retain power.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
Virginia elections, a tuneup for the 2026 midterms, are increasingly becoming a tight race. And bots are supposed to support 🔴GOP in the 4 weeks left.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
7/9
See our earlier thread with background on Virginia elections and why they were so important for the Trump admin:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
See our earlier thread with background on Virginia elections and why they were so important for the Trump admin:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
6/9
We celebrate every loss by those who use bots to manipulate voters—democracy prevailed!
The GOP failed in both VA state government and the WI Supreme Court elex.
Still, the network's operator learns and will likely reinvent itself before the midterms.
We celebrate every loss by those who use bots to manipulate voters—democracy prevailed!
The GOP failed in both VA state government and the WI Supreme Court elex.
Still, the network's operator learns and will likely reinvent itself before the midterms.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
6/9
We celebrate every loss by those who use bots to manipulate voters—democracy prevailed!
The GOP failed in both VA state government and the WI Supreme Court elex.
Still, the network's operator learns and will likely reinvent itself before the midterms.
We celebrate every loss by those who use bots to manipulate voters—democracy prevailed!
The GOP failed in both VA state government and the WI Supreme Court elex.
Still, the network's operator learns and will likely reinvent itself before the midterms.
5/9
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
5/9
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
Earlier, the same bot network posted >5000 replies to influence Wisconsin's Supreme Court judge election—a race with a record budget.
Elon Musk heavily funded the GOP candidate's campaign, including two $1M cheques awarded to voters.
4/9
With ~80% accounts created on Sep..Oct 2024 and a human-impossible typing rate reaching >200 words per minute, this AI-powered network previously exposed its recurring prompt:
⚠️ Do not use Hashtags or use #
⚠️ Do not tag or use @
⚠️ Keep your reply under 25 words
With ~80% accounts created on Sep..Oct 2024 and a human-impossible typing rate reaching >200 words per minute, this AI-powered network previously exposed its recurring prompt:
⚠️ Do not use Hashtags or use #
⚠️ Do not tag or use @
⚠️ Keep your reply under 25 words
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
4/9
With ~80% accounts created on Sep..Oct 2024 and a human-impossible typing rate reaching >200 words per minute, this AI-powered network previously exposed its recurring prompt:
⚠️ Do not use Hashtags or use #
⚠️ Do not tag or use @
⚠️ Keep your reply under 25 words
With ~80% accounts created on Sep..Oct 2024 and a human-impossible typing rate reaching >200 words per minute, this AI-powered network previously exposed its recurring prompt:
⚠️ Do not use Hashtags or use #
⚠️ Do not tag or use @
⚠️ Keep your reply under 25 words
3/9
The only two topics of "interest" lately beyond the Virginia AG race for these bot accounts were:
🎯 Trump is working hard to reduce drug costs
🎯 Trump is making our borders secure to keep our country safe
The only two topics of "interest" lately beyond the Virginia AG race for these bot accounts were:
🎯 Trump is working hard to reduce drug costs
🎯 Trump is making our borders secure to keep our country safe
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
3/9
The only two topics of "interest" lately beyond the Virginia AG race for these bot accounts were:
🎯 Trump is working hard to reduce drug costs
🎯 Trump is making our borders secure to keep our country safe
The only two topics of "interest" lately beyond the Virginia AG race for these bot accounts were:
🎯 Trump is working hard to reduce drug costs
🎯 Trump is making our borders secure to keep our country safe
2/9
A typical bot replied to an unrelated post by a Dem delegate / senator:
💬 Hey @username, shouldn't Jay Jones withdraw from the race after his texts about Todd Gilbert? 280 characters
The self-incriminating inclusion of "@username" and "280 chars" exposed the automation.
A typical bot replied to an unrelated post by a Dem delegate / senator:
💬 Hey @username, shouldn't Jay Jones withdraw from the race after his texts about Todd Gilbert? 280 characters
The self-incriminating inclusion of "@username" and "280 chars" exposed the automation.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
2/9
A typical bot replied to an unrelated post by a Dem delegate / senator:
💬 Hey @username, shouldn't Jay Jones withdraw from the race after his texts about Todd Gilbert? 280 characters
The self-incriminating inclusion of "@username" and "280 chars" exposed the automation.
A typical bot replied to an unrelated post by a Dem delegate / senator:
💬 Hey @username, shouldn't Jay Jones withdraw from the race after his texts about Todd Gilbert? 280 characters
The self-incriminating inclusion of "@username" and "280 chars" exposed the automation.
🧵 A bot network tried to help the GOP retain power in Virginia by influencing the Attorney General election.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🧵 A bot network tried to help the GOP retain power in Virginia by influencing the Attorney General election.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.
It failed: Democrats won a triplex in the state govt: Gov, LtGov, AG seats.
This outcome could affect the 2026 midterms and subsequent presidential elections.