Conscription is a sensitive topic among Ukrainians, who are bracing for their third winter of conflict, amid growing shortages of infantry, ammunition and morale, meaning emotions tend to be easily manipulated.

We showed our findings to Oleksandr Danylyuk from @rusi.bsky.social

Working with disinformation experts and using a Ukrainian sim card, we tested TikTok’s algorithm to see the sort of content being pushed to users.

In just hours, the feed was full of videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives and the videos have even reached soldiers on the frontline