Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine

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Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine
kyivindependent.com

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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Yes they do. A few weeks ago everyone on here cared what George clooneys wife was saying about Israel.

You mean Amal Clooney, the international Human Rights Lawyer? The adjunct professor of law at Columbia University? Advisor to the International Criminal Court? That Amal Clooney?

The fact that she's married to a celebrity is the least interesting thing about her in the context of Israel and the ICC.

And I will once again say that the actor should be referred to as "Amal Clooney's husband" rather than the other way around.

My favourite description under a picture of the two in a (German) newspaper read (paraphrased): Civil right's attorney Amal Clooney and her husband, an actor.

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Honestly I'll get down voted but sure.

Nobody knew who she was before.

Plenty of people knew who she was before. You didn't, because you don't pay attention to international human rights struggles.

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