TheSoul, a Russian web publisher with YouTube channels like 5-Minute Crafts, has the most reach among entertainment groups on YouTube, after Disney, WarnerMedia
by Russians. Although most content is apolitical, they also post videos that are overtly pro-Russian — with millions of views. #DefendOurDemocracy #InformationWarfare #PsyOps https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Lawfare / @lawfareblog : A company managed from Cyprus reaches massive worldwide audiences with its YouTube-posted nonpolitical craft videos. It also creates political content, including pro-Russian versions of histories that contain inaccurate information. Here's @LisaCKaplan:https://www.lawfareblog.co m/ ... @maddowblog : “Measured in terms of views and subscribers, it had the third-largest reach of any group of entertainment channels on YouTube in November—outranked only by Disney and WarnerMedia.” https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ... Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan : The #'s are impressive no doubt. On @youtube there are 2 camps. Those who r 1) passionate re content, wanna serve fans then learn/adhere/optimize around nec evil algorithm 2) data scientists who focus on algo & work backwards re content as means to end https://mediagazer.com/... Guillaume Chaslot / @gchaslot : 2 Russians 🇷🇺 in Cyprus 🇨🇾 managed to become at least 3 times bigger than PiewDiePie on YouTube Technique: Clickbait / channel factories / hiding their identity / praying on kids-teens / probably algo gaming They talk about the US collapsing and Europe becoming part of Russia https://twitter.com/...
The Biggest Social Media Operation You've Never Heard of Is Run Out of Cyprus by Russians ps Maddox did a segment on this late last week but holy crapola the @lawfareblog report is JAW DROPPING http://www.lawfareblog.com/...
The biggest influence operation you've never heard of is run out of Cyprus — by Russians. Although most content is apolitical, they also post videos that are overtly pro-Russian — with millions of views. #DefendOurDemocracy #InformationWarfare #PsyOps https://www.lawfareblog.com/…
A company managed from Cyprus reaches massive worldwide audiences with its YouTube-posted nonpolitical craft videos. It also creates political content, including pro-Russian versions of histories that contain inaccurate information. Here's @LisaCKaplan:https://www.lawfareblog.co …
“Measured in terms of views and subscribers, it had the third-largest reach of any group of entertainment channels on YouTube in November—outranked only by Disney and WarnerMedia.” https://www.lawfareblog.com/ ...
The #'s are impressive no doubt. On @youtube there are 2 camps. Those who r 1) passionate re content, wanna serve fans then learn/adhere/optimize around nec evil algorithm 2) data scientists who focus on algo & work backwards re content as means to end https://mediagazer.com/...
2 Russians 🇷🇺 in Cyprus 🇨🇾 managed to become at least 3 times bigger than PiewDiePie on YouTube Technique: Clickbait / channel factories / hiding their identity / praying on kids-teens / probably algo gaming They talk about the US collapsing and Europe becoming part of Russia htt…