Crackdown Chronicles: How Global Cyber Cops Crushed RT’s Disinfo Bot Army

In a plot twist worthy of a Bond movie, the FBI and buddies have dismantled RT News’ bot farm, less farmyard and more fakeyard, where nearly a thousand AI-powered Twitter troublemakers were sowing discord like it was going out of style. #BotFarmBust

Published: Added: July 9, 2024 at 4:49 pmAssembled by: J J
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Just when you thought your Twitter feed was safe from bots, along comes a plot twist straight out of a Cold War spy novel. The FBI and friends have plowed through an RT News-sponsored disinformation farm, and it's not your grandma's kind of farm. No cows, just "cows" with keyboards. Moo-ve over, comrade, your bots are busted!

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