Social Media as an Agent of Influence: Twitter Bots in Russia - Ukraine War
Journal: Güvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi
Year: 2024

The world has been witnessing a war in Ukraine since Russia started its attacks on 24 February 2022. At this point, Russia has not only deployed its troops but also put its Twitter bots to work. The war has both covered conventional spaces and unconventional spaces like social media. In this regard, our study aims to understand to what extent bots were used by Russia during the first eight days of the war. To this end, we collect data between the 24th of February and the 4th of March. On data co