Everything seems to indicate that the social network Twitter is in its hands one of the biggest information manipulation scandals that will connect politicians from several countries and connections in Russia.
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Originally a 49-page document with limited circulation, it contains what applies to American journalist Matt Taibbi. Evidence that bots (programs that carry out repetitive, predefined and automated tasks) are deployed from Russia to intervene in Colombian politics, among others In the full presidential election of 2022.
Taibbi, the editor of Substack, reviewed hundreds of Twitter files declassified by owner Elon Musk and claims to have discovered false profiles and tags with strategic and political implications.
According to the files shared by Taibbi, a Excel list with accounts in favor of Gustavo Petro, the presidential candidate of the period, As American researchers point out, ” It is affiliated with the Russian Internet Research Agency and is involved in cyber operations.”
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EL TIEMPO has accessed the profiles appearing in the report and He found dozens of tweets containing attacks on right-wing politicians and copied by left-wing figures.
In addition There are attacks on then-President Iván Duque, his minister Karen Abudinen and pre-candidates and candidates, promoting the hashtags #PetroPresidente2022 and #PetroPresidentedeColombia2022They also mention high-level officials at key moments on the national agenda, indicating coordination with local representatives.
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At the same time, this newspaper He denounced millionaire transfers from Russia that would nurture groups that are complicit in the excesses of 2021. Within the scope of this investigation, a Russian citizen was caught holding a certificate of good conduct issued by a diplomat from that country.
From one of the accounts mentioned, messages came against the then candidate Federico Gutiérrez. One is dated March 15, 2022, ‘Two days after Fico won the internal consultation of the Equipo por Colombia coalition. The tweet is mentioned in passing by former President Álvaro Uribe.
“ATTENTION COLOMBIA! It’s a creation of #FicoUribe, it’s enough to attack Petro to appear and confuse, to continue to rule (…)“#ElFuturoDelUribismoEs is prison,” says the trill, accompanied by the faces of Uribe and former presidential candidate Óscar Iván Zuluaga.
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A deliberate trill came from another account. link Germán Vargas Lleras, former vice-president and former presidential candidate, to the contract scandal between the ICT Ministry and Population Centres.
ATTENTION COLOMBIA! Seems like Char is behind the 70,000 million that Karen Abudinen disappeared. What is the role of “Square box for elections” Germán Vargas Lleras? The message published on August 22, 2021 says.
Abudinen He was called into a political control debate and three of the accounts started tweeting against him.
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EL TIEMPO tried to get a reaction from the Russian diplomatic mission in Colombia and A spokesperson stated that they will make a written statement when they return to work in the coming days.
Authorities are evaluating the case to determine if there is room for an investigation.
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