Justice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Operated AI Bot Farm
justice.govIt's a very broad search warrant. I'd love to look at the data handed over by Twitter for these ~1000 fake accounts but I've never seen primary source data like that on PACER. I wonder if it would be accessible by FOIA, eg in the event of a conviction in absentia?
Browsing for 15 mins on twitter and you can see .eth blue ticked usernames spewing Russian propaganda. Elon fired most of its vetting team and handicapped the reporting function. Adversaries are riding "free speech" on twitter without moderation and are running it. Elon seems to be doing it on purpose as he has an agenda with Peter Thiel/David Sacks.
Facebook/Instagram reporting system works better. Well, after 30 years of the internet, what started out as helpful online community/resource has now sadly been weaponized. I miss the early web 2.0 days (2003 - 2009)
What comes next?