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Mapping the Russian Political Influence Ecosystem: The Night Wolves Biker Gang
By Olga Boichak (University of Sydney)
Published in Social Media + Society, 2023
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/2056...
#DisinformationNetwork #SoftPowerOps #SymbolicInfluence
They’re not selling merch.
They’re selling myths.
And they do it better than most politicians.
#NightWolves #PoliticalInfluencers #DisinformationNetwork
This series exposes the network—the people, platforms, and tactics behind a coordinated campaign to launder pro-Russian narratives into Western information spaces.
#WritersOfTheStorm #DisinformationNetwork
Thanks for following this series on Writers of the Storm (Clemson, 2024).
Next: we’ll wrap it all up in one mega-thread.
#WritersOfTheStorm #DisinformationNetwork #TrustTheater
Meet the Network — Storm-1516 and the R-FBI
#Storm1516
#DisinformationNetwork
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Trust isn’t just earned anymore.
It’s manufactured.
Storm-1516 shows how easily fake legitimacy can be scaled—if no one looks too closely.
#DisinformationNetwork #FakeNGOs
The #Disinformation Storm Has Names Behind It.
"This series traces the writers behind the disinfo storm: real names, real platforms, real networks."
#WritersOfTheStorm
#DisinformationNetwork
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Storm-1516 isn’t obvious.
It’s intentional.
And it’s built to hide in plain sight.
That’s what makes it dangerous.
#DisinformationNetwork #RFBINetwork #WritersOfTheStorm
Meet the Network — Storm-1516 and the R-FBI
The lies come from somewhere.
This thread introduces the network of sites, fronts, and individuals that package pro-Russian propaganda to look like journalism.
#Storm1516 #DisinformationNetwork
The lies change.
The names don’t.
Let’s start there.
#DisinformationNetwork #WritersOfTheStorm #NarrativeLaundering
The Disinformation Storm Has Names Behind It.
Everyone’s watching the lies.
But few are watching the people who push them.
This series traces the writers behind the disinfo storm: real names, real platforms, real networks.
#WritersOfTheStorm #DisinformationNetwork
