🧩As in previous U.S. election cycles, Russia-linked influence operations have attempted to spread false and inflammatory claims online using deceptive practices.

Something else that remains the same: They want our attention and they are trolling us. In recent weeks, days, and hours, we’ve seen a steady drumbeat of content seeded by a Russia-linked operation variously known as Operation Overload and Matryoshka. The folks at @antibot4navalny and @CheckFirstHQ have done a great job documenting its activities publicly.

NEW: Suspected-Russian actors are using fake personas on Gab, Gettr, Parler, and Truth Social to target right-wing U.S. audiences with divisive political narratives, @Graphika_NYC & @stanfordio have found. This includes activity in the run-up to the 2022 midterms. @Graphika_NYC @stanfordio There is too much in this report to fit in (yet another) overly-long Twitter thread. Kid Rock, Biden toilet paper, troll ‘confessions,’ OPSEC goofs, manipulated media, fake Oath Keepers, and FTX/Ukraine conspiracies… you can read it all here graphika.com/bad-reputation

Yesterday, @Graphika_NYC published one of the most important reports we have worked on so far this year - our investigation into an anti-vaxx conspiracy movement responsible for multiple acts of online and real-world harm graphika.com/viral-vendetta @Graphika_NYC The movement, known as V_V, originated in Italy and claims to be a self-organising collective of internet “warriors” engaged in a guerrilla “psychological warfare” campaign against the oppressive forces of “medical Nazism.”