Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧🇺🇸 on Nostr: Emma Briant from Monash University, said the sophistication of the Russian operation ...
Emma Briant from Monash University, said the sophistication of the Russian operation was concerning: "It essentially is the evidence that we have been waiting for, which really proves the Russian backing behind an awful lot of influencers that have been pedalling and super-spreading disinformation on the internet," she said. Dr Briant said the influencers paid by RT were "given deniability" but were "doing Russia's bidding with little regulation stopping them".
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