Fake quotes appeared over photos of celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson and Elton John, calling to end aid to Ukraine and describing European collapse.

Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15.

Quotes appeared over celebrity photos, displaying messages calling to end aid to Ukraine and describing European collapse.

The images were published between June 14-15 by the Kremlin disinformation network Dvoynyk, a representative of the Bot Blocker project told Agentsvo. The fake quotes have since garnered over 500,000 views.

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  • Socsa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    21·
    5 months ago

    Blocking an instance only removes your individual ability to interact with an instance. It doesn’t have any impact on the information warfare value of the instance. If anything, it only amplifies it by self-sequestration of opposing voices.

    • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      5 months ago

      It’s not my responsibility to fix everyone in the world. It’s good that these people sequester themselves. They can yell at each other.

      Lemmy has good tools for blocking bad users and communities / instances. That’s sufficient for now. Better moderation will help too.