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Re:Twitter analysis: identifying a propaganda bot network by Udik on Friday October 11, 2019 @03:10PM (#21227446)
Let's say they seem to be consistently on one side of the Russia - USA disputes, of which Syria has been one of the issues. Just a quick browsing of the articles published in the last few months show that the vast majority of the investigations is focused on various malfeasances of Russia, Syria or Iran.
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Re:Twitter analysis: identifying a propaganda bot network by varjag on Friday October 11, 2019 @04:25PM (#21228124)
Bellingcat investigations on Syria predate Russian involvement in Syria.
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Re:Twitter analysis: identifying a propaganda bot network by Udik on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:10PM (#21228507)
Bellingcat was founded in July 2014, while Russia has been siding with Assad from the start of the war- vetoing sanctions, providing weapons and preventing an open attack by the US in 2013.
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Re:Twitter analysis: identifying a propaganda bot network by varjag on Friday October 11, 2019 @05:24PM (#21228614)
Russia did not enter Syria until 2015. Bellingcat's founder was already publishing on Syrian conflict in 2012.
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