The Globe and Mail reported on a study co-authored by DisinfoWatch’s Marcus Kolga and researchers from The Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Conflict as part of a broader project for Toronto based Digital Public Square.
“Pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts are “weaponizing” social-media users on the far right and far left of the political spectrum in Canada to undermine support for Ukraine, a new study by Canadian and American researchers says.
The report, Enemy of My Enemy, studied two years of Twitter activity, including the lead-up to Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, military assault on Ukraine, and traced how accounts aligned with President Vladimir Putin’s messaging disseminated pro-Kremlin narratives in Canadian Twitter discussions.
It was published Wednesday by the University of Regina’s Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data and Conflict as well as the University of Maryland College of Information Studies and the not-for-profit Digital Public Square in Toronto. Funding for this work includes money from the Canadian and U.S. governments.”
