Subject: Russian bots
Apparently, an American given asylum in Russia is active in trying to sabotage the election this year. One of the dangers of getting your news from Xhitter, FB, or any other non-mainstream outlet: no reporters, no accountability, no research/verification. Care also needs to be exercised as he tries to mimic legit news sites, and AI is helping him. He buries the BS amongst actual news, so it is harder to detect (in principle).

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/0...

Mr. Dougan, 51, who received political asylum in Moscow, is now a key player in Russia’s disinformation operations against the West. Back in 2016, when the Kremlin interfered in the American presidential election, an army of computer trolls toiled for hours in an office building in St. Petersburg to try to fool Americans online.