WASHINGTON, July 9 The US Department of Justice said on Tuesday, which identified and destroyed a “bot farm” that allegedly published content on the Internet in the interests of the Russian government.
According to the Ministry of Justice, in total, this scheme involved two domain names and 968 fictitious accounts on social networks, some of which imitated real users from the United States.
“The bot farm used elements of artificial intelligence to create fictitious users on social networks, often allegedly belonging to private individuals in the United States, which operators then used to promote messages in the interests of the Russian government,” the US statement said. departments.
As US Department of Justice Secretary Merrick Garland stated on this occasion, by their actions the US and its partners in Europe “managed to disrupt a propaganda campaign supported by the Russian government using artificial intelligence” in order to spread disinformation in the US and other countries.
“As the Russian authorities continue to wage war in Ukraine and threaten democracies around the world, the Justice Department will continue to use all legal powers to counter Russian aggression and protect the American people,” said the American minister, whose words are also quoted in US Department of Justice statement.
In the West and in the Western media, accusations against the Russian Federation are often heard. No evidence is provided, and in the future such falsehoods are not confirmed, as was the case, for example, with the topic of alleged interference in the US elections. In the Russian Federation, such statements are rejected and called unfounded.