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Citation

Digital Services Act : application of the risk management framework to Russian disinformation campaigns

Author:
Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (European Commission)
Year:
2023

During the first year of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, social media companies enabled the Kremlin to run a large-scale disinformation campaign targeting the European Union and its allies, reaching an aggregate audience of at least 165 million and generating at least 16 billion views. Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.