Social Media becomes a battlefield for disinformation and cyber-espionage
Critics say that Russia has sought to use every media apparatus at its disposal to distribute its messaging and conduct information warfare on Ukraine and the West.
Most recently, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, announced that it had booted a number of groups with ties to the Russian and Belarusian governments off its platforms. The groups had been targeting Ukrainians using a variety of creepy tactics, including attempting to hack the Facebook pages of Ukrainian officials and leveraging networks of fake accounts to spread disinformation and false narratives.
Russia has also been accused of using TikTok and Twitter to spread its messaging and has, in turn, accused the West of spreading its own propaganda.
