It’s likely not true. Search engine indexing could easily be 99% of all HTTP requests from Yandex.
Additionally, we can just apply some critical thinking to the situation by imaging ourselves as Russia:
If I am Russia, and I want to manipulate online opinions, do I do that with a massive bot network from inside my own country? Maybe, but more likely I want the traffic to look organic, so I want to have it come from all over the world including from inside the US itself. Knocking down a data centre would have no impact on me then. Additionally, I try many approaches simultaneously, hiring actual people to run these accounts and spread my propaganda online.
Additionally, there is no evidence that post counts in these right wing communities has measurably dropped at all.
It’s likely not true. Search engine indexing could easily be 99% of all HTTP requests from Yandex.
Additionally, we can just apply some critical thinking to the situation by imaging ourselves as Russia:
If I am Russia, and I want to manipulate online opinions, do I do that with a massive bot network from inside my own country? Maybe, but more likely I want the traffic to look organic, so I want to have it come from all over the world including from inside the US itself. Knocking down a data centre would have no impact on me then. Additionally, I try many approaches simultaneously, hiring actual people to run these accounts and spread my propaganda online.
Additionally, there is no evidence that post counts in these right wing communities has measurably dropped at all.